Antonio Joaquín María De Todos Los Santos Ignacio De Loyola Quintín

Place: Seville

Born: 1798

Death: 1861

Biography:

Antonio Joaquín María De Todos Los Santos Ignacio De Loyola Quintín

, a Spanish painter, was born in 1798 and died in 1861. He is considered an adherent of both the Europe-wide Romantic painting and the specifically Hispanic painting school of Costumbrismo. His ancestors for several earlier generations were painters, and he was initially trained by his father.

Early Life

He was born in Seville, and his great-grandfather was the painter Diego Bejarano. He had a daughter named Maria Bejarano, who married Pedro Cabral. From this marriage was born the painter Joaquin Cabral Bejarano, a well-known painter of neoclassic style. In 1785 Joaquín married Escolástica Pérez Junquitu Fernández. It was of this marriage that Antonio Cabral Bejarano was born in 1798.

Career

He received art training from his father. In 1812, after French invaders were forced to evacuate Seville, classes resumed at la Escuela de Tres Nobles Artes (School of Three Noble Arts) and Antonio Cabral entered as a student. In 1814 he collaborated with his father in the decoration of the convent of the Trinity and, in 1816, in the decoration of the General Archive of the Indies, which at the time was also a consular court. In 1820 he designed for the city council of Seville the decoration of a monument commemorating the Constitution of 1812. In 1825 he was appointed Assistant Professor of Perspective at the School of Three Noble Arts. In 1829, the City Council of Seville commissioned the construction of the Temple of Himeneo in the Plaza de la Encarnación, to commemorate the marriage between Fernando VII and María Cristina de Borbón. In 1835 he was given an appointment at the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, in appreciation of his painting The Decapitation of St. John the Baptist. In 1837 he was appointed member of the management committee of the newly created Museum of Fine Arts in Seville.

• In 1840 he was appointed as the first Director of the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville.
• In 1846 he designed decoration added to the facade of the Civil Government building on the occasion of the wedding of Isabel II and Luisa Fernanda, with the Duke of Cádiz and the Duke of Montpensier respectively.
• In 1847 he painted the stage decorations and the roofs of the San Fernando Theater.

In 1850 he was appointed director of the School of Fine Arts in Seville. Between 1850 and 1857 he made several works for the Duke of Montpensier. Among these works are the paintings of the chapel of the Palace of San Telmo, acquired by the Duke at that time, as well as the portraits of illustrious Sevillians. Important works by Antonio Cabral Bejarano can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, and his biography is available on https://Wikioo.org. More information about the artist can be found on Wikipedia.