Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench

IGNACIO PINAZO CAMARLENCH, (Valencia, 1849 - 1916).
"Male nude", 1875 and "Bullfighter".
Two graphites on paper. Front and back.
Nude signed and dated in the lower left corner. Bullfighter unsigned.
Measurements: 42 x 22 cm (paper), 61 x 40 cm (frame).

Ignacio Pinazo enters in 1864 in the Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, where he was a disciple of Jose Fernandez Olmos. In 1871 he participated for the first time in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts. He was in Rome twice, the first time thanks to the sale of a painting, in 1873, and the second time with a scholarship, between 1876 and 1881. In his first period he developed an academicist style, but from 1874 he began a more intimate and impressionist pictorial line. When he returned to Valencia he abandoned historical themes, and instead began to paint family subjects, nudes and scenes of everyday life. Thus, he is now considered a precursor, both in themes and style, of Joaquín Sorolla and Francisco Domingo. From 1884 to 1886 he taught at the School of Fine Arts in Valencia, combining this activity with the numerous commissions he received from the Valencian aristocracy. He exhibited his works at the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts in Madrid, winning the silver medal in 1881 and 1885, and the gold medal in 1897 and 1899. In 1896 he was named academician of San Carlos, and in 1906 he will also be named academician of San Fernando, in Madrid. For these years he received a royal medal and, in 1912, the city of Valencia dedicated a street to him. At his death, in 1916, the commemorative acts of his life and work will follow. Pinazo is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the MACBA in Barcelona, the Museum and Circle of Fine Arts in Valencia, his House-Museum in Godella and the Valencian Provincial Council, as well as in several important private collections.