Francisco Pacheco

Francisco Pacheco del Rio, also known as Francisco Pacheco ( * 1564 in Sanlúcar de Barrameda, † 1654 in Seville) was a Spanish painter, art theorist and poet.

Life and work

Pacheco grew up in modest circumstances. After the early death of his father he came to Seville to his uncle, who sent him to the workshop of Luis Fernández. Later he built a successful workshop and in 1611 a school of painting that one " Academia Sevillana " called. 1611 Pacheco traveled to Madrid and Toledo, where he met with El Greco. In the same year Diego Velázquez his pupil, who married in 1618 his daughter was.

Pacheco served as Malerzensor for the Inquisition in Seville. He was one of the founders of the Spanish naturalistic style, and he played an important role during the transition from Mannerism to the Baroque. From 1623 to 1625 he worked as a court painter to the Spanish King Philip IV in Madrid, devoted himself, however, after his return to Seville writing. His work " Arte de la pintura, y su antiquedad grandeza " was released 1649.