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Francisco de Zurbarán (/ ˌ z ʊər b ə ˈ r ɑː n / ZOOR-bə-RAHN, Spanish: [fɾanˈθisko ðe θuɾβaˈɾan]; baptized 7 November 1598 – 27 August 1664) was a Spanish painter. He is known primarily for his religious paintings depicting monks, nuns, and martyrs, and for his still-lifes.
Francisco de Zurbarán was a major painter of the Spanish Baroque who is especially noted for religious subjects. His work is characterized by Caravaggesque naturalism and tenebrism, the latter a style in which most forms are depicted in shadow but a few are dramatically lighted.
The Life of Francisco de Zurbarán. Shining star of the Spanish Golden Age, Zurbarán was one of the most skilled painters of the 17th century. His compelling use of tenebrism is showcased here in the faces of the monks in his masterwork: St. Hugh in the Refectory of the Carthusians. Read full biography.
Zurbarán, Francisco de. He learned art in Seville with Pedro Díaz de Villanueva (1614), but was undoubtedly friendly with Pacheco and Velázquez as well. History views him as the quintessential monastic painter, absolutely indentified with devout passion and miracles that he presented in a straightforward, direct, severe and everyday manner.
Francisco de Zurbarán. 1598 - 1664. Between the departure of Velázquez to Madrid in 1623 and the rise to prominence of Murillo in the 1650s, Zurbarán was the leading painter in Seville. His pictures were mostly painted for Spanish religious orders.
Biography. Francisco de Zurbarán was born in 1598 in Fuentedecantos, a village in the region of Extremadura. After his apprenticeship in Seville, which lasted from 1616 to 1619, he settled in Llerena, a market town in Extremadura.
Francisco de Zurbarán (1598–1664) was, after Velázquez, the greatest painter of the Golden Age in Spain. He may also be considered the most representative artist of the period, since he did not, like Velázquez, work at the court in Madrid, but for ecclesiastical—primarily monastic—patrons in southern Spain.
Jan 30, 2024 · Francisco de Zurbarán was one of the major Spanish painters of the 17th century. He is especially known for his religious subjects and for the Caravaggesque tenebrism of his paintings – which is precisely why he is also known as the Spanish Caravaggio.
European painting. Spain. 1598–1664. Flowers and Fruit in a Chinese Bowl, c. 1645. Juan de Zurbarán. The Feast in the House of Simon, About 1608–14. El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) and workshop. Kitchen Scene, 1618/20. Diego Velázquez.
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