Antonio Gisbert

Antonio Gisbert Pérez ( born December 19, 1834 in Alcoy, † November 25, 1902 in Paris) was a Spanish painter of classicism. He was known as a history painter of pictures of important events in the history of his country.

Biography

Gisbert began his artistic training at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1846 he worked under the direction of José de Madrazo y Agudo ( 1781-1859 ). From 1868 to 1873 he was director of the Museo del Prado in Madrid. In 1873 he moved to Paris, where he died years later.

Works (excerpt)

All paintings oil on canvas:

• El fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros en la playa de Málaga his most famous work. It was created in 1888 and is now in the Museo del Prado.
• El desembarcament dels Puritans a Amèrica, Gold Medal l' Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts ( 1868)
• Los comuneros de Castilla, an oil- on - canvas work, Gold Medal l' Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts ( 1860)
• Els Ultims moments del Príncep Don Carles, Gold Medal l' Exposició Nacional de Belles Arts (1858 )
• La Senyora Maria de Molina presentant al seu fill en la Corts de Valladolid
• Les esposalles Francesc de la amb I Infanta Leonor Na, germana de Carles V

Gallery

El fusilamiento de Torrijos y sus compañeros en la playa de Málaga ( 1888)

Amadeo I. en frente del ataúd del general General Juan Prim ( 1870)