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Bartolome Esteban Murillo
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
Born: 31 December 1617; Seville, Spain
Died: 03 April 1682; Seville, Spain
Field: painting, drawing
Nationality: Spanish
Art Movement: Baroque
One of the most popular artists of his time, Bartolome Esteban Murillo was a Spanish baroque painter, best known for his religious works, as well as realistic depictions of the everyday life of his times. His early work was influenced by the painters Zubaran, Jusepe de Ribera, and Alonzo Cano, who all held a realistic approach to painting, a technique which was adapted by Murillo. His work was characterized by both realism and tenebrism, or the contrast of light and shade, which he combined to make soft forms full of rich colors. His later works evolved into a polished style that fed the tastes of the Bourgeois and aristocrats of his day, and he received many commissions for them.
He also received many important commissions from the religious orders of the Franciscans and the confraternities in Seville and Andalusia. The themes that therefore gave him the greatest success were religious, being the Virgin and the Child and the Immaculate Conception.
In his lifetime, Murillo had a great number of pupils and followers, and in 1660, he founded the Academia de Bellas Artes in Seville, Spain. Until the 19th century, he was the only Spanish artist widely known in the European world, and his work was subsequently imitated, ensuring his fame throughout Spain and in Europe.
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Old Woman with Distaff, c.1642
Two Children Eating a Melon and Grapes, 1645-1646
Boy with a Dog, c.1650
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The Virgin of the Rosary, 1650
The Young Beggar, c.1650
St. Isidore of Seville, 1655
The Assumption of the Virgin, 1670
The Little Fruit-Seller, 1670-1675
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Immaculate Conception of Soult, c.1678
Artworks by Style
Baroque
Jesus Among Doctors, 1630
Madonna and Child, 1638
A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit, 1640
The Vision of Fray Lauterio, c.1640
Old Woman with Distaff, c.1642
Saint Didacus of Alcalá in ecstasy before the cross, 1646
St. Diego Giving Alms, 1645-1646
The Angels' Kitchen, 1646
The Blessed Giles Levitating before Pope Gregory IX, 1645-1646
Two Children Eating a Melon and Grapes, 1645-1646
Vision to St. Francis, 1645-1646
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1645-1648
Artworks by Series
The Story of the Prodigal Son
The Departure of the Prodigal Son, 1660
The Prodigal Son Driven Out, 1660
The Prodigal Son Feasting with Courtesans, 1660
The Prodigal Son Feeding Swine, 1660
The Return of the Prodigal Son, 1660
Return of the Prodigal Son, 1667-1670
The Prodigal Son Receives His Rightful Inheritance
Artworks by Genre
history painting
The Blessed Giles Levitating before Pope Gregory IX, 1645-1646
The Story of the Foundation of Santa Maria Maggiore: The Patrician's Dream, c.1661-1665
The Story of the Foundation of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome: The Patrician Reveals his Dream to the Pope, c.1662-1665
religious painting
Jesus Among Doctors, 1630
Madonna and Child, 1638
The Vision of Fray Lauterio, c.1640
Vision to St. Francis, 1645-1646
The Angels' Kitchen, 1646
St. Diego Giving Alms, 1645-1646
Saint Didacus of Alcalá in ecstasy before the cross, 1646
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1645-1648
The Flight into Egypt, 1647-1650
The Holy Family with the Little Bird, c.1650
Virgin with Child, c.1650
Virgin and Child, 1650
genre painting
A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit, 1640
Two Children Eating a Melon and Grapes, 1645-1646
Baking of Flat Cakes, 1645-1650
Boy with a Dog, c.1650
The Young Beggar, c.1650
A Girl with Fruits, 1655-1660
Christ the Good Shepherd, c.1660
Four Figures on a Step, c.1655-1660
Two Peasant Boys and a Negro Boy, 1660
A Girl and her Duenna, 1670
Flower Seller, c.1668-1670
Two Peasant Boys, c.1668-1670
portrait
Old Woman with Distaff, c.1642
The Girl with a Coin (Girl of Galicia), 1645-1650
Portrait Of Inigo Melchor Fernández de Velasco, 1659
Portrait of Andres de Andrade-i-la Col, 1656-1660
Portrait of a gentleman in a ruff collar, 1670
Portrait of Nicolas Omasur, 1672
Old Woman with a Hen
self-portrait
Self portrait, c.1670-1673
Selfportrait
landscape
Landscape
sketch and study
St. John the Baptist with a lamb, 1670
Virgin and Child, 1675-1680
The Immaculate Conception and heads outlined
A saint kneeling and supported by angels, in ecstasy before the Virgin and Child on a Cloud
Appearance of the Christ Child to Saint Anthony of Padua
Battle of Centaurs and Greek
Child watching a dog
Portrait of a Child
Promenade St. Joseph and The Infant Jesus
Praying Monk
Man sitting
Sleeping man
Artworks by Technique
chalk
Christ on the Cross, 1665
oil
Madonna and Child, 1638
A Young Man with a Basket of Fruit, 1640
The Vision of Fray Lauterio, c.1640
Old Woman with Distaff, c.1642
St. Diego Giving Alms, 1645-1646
The Angels' Kitchen, 1646
The Blessed Giles Levitating before Pope Gregory IX, 1645-1646
Two Children Eating a Melon and Grapes, 1645-1646
Vision to St. Francis, 1645-1646
Joseph and Potiphar's Wife, 1645-1648
St. Francis of Assisi at Prayer, 1645-1650
The Adoration of the Shepherds, c.1650
pen
Christ on the Cross, 1665
Virgin and Child, 1675-1680
ink
Christ on the Cross, 1665
Virgin and Child, 1675-1680
