Manuel García y Rodríguez (1863, Seville - 6 May 1925, Seville) was a Spanish costumbrista and landscape painter, who also painted Orientalist scenes.
Biography
At first, he studied music but ultimately dedicated himself to his love of painting. He received his earliest art education from José de la Vega Marrugal in Seville.Brief biography @ the Carmen Thyssen Museum. Later, he attended the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Sevilla, where he studied with , Manuel Ussel de Guimbarda and Emilio Sánchez Perrier.Brief biography @ the Museo del Prado.
Throughout his life, he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, where he was awarded medals in 1887, 1890 and 1895. He also participated in the Exposition Universelle (1889) and the World's Columbian Exposition. In 1899, he was named a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.
In 1904, he visited Tangier and produced some paintings in Orientalist style. His works are in numerous museums (including the Carmen Thyssen Museum) and private collections. He was also a regular contributor of illustrations for the magazine Blanco y Negro.
He took much of his inspiration from the city of Seville and the Guadalquivir, including the Guadaira rivers and surrounding areas. He was closely associated with the Alcalá de Guadaira school of painting. In his final years, he focussed on the gardens, patios and parks of Seville, at which time he developed more of a modernist and impressionist aesthetic.Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 276
Work García's work remains well known because many of his landscapes were reproduced as black and white illustrations, postcards and posters. Example of his work can be found in the Museum of Fine Arts in Seville. Many of his paintings are now in private collections, such as the Bellver Collection.
List of selected paintings
A Morning Stroll by the Canal, 1904 Patio with Children, 1906 Alcazar de Sevilla, 1911 A River Landscape with Seville Beyond, 1912 A Garden in Seville, 1913 Seville Garden, 1914 The Borders of Guadalquivir, 1917 A Garden in Seville, 1919 Collecion Bay, Madrid, 1921 The Rose Garden, 1921 Seville Patio, 1925 At the Well A Courtyard in Seville Easter Procession in Mateos Gago Street, Seville Feeding Poultry in a Courtyard The Gardens of the Alcazar of Seville Mother and Daughter Sewing in a Patio Mujer con guitarra, (Woman with Guitar) Musician in an Andalusian Palace Inside Courtyard, Seville Street scene in Granada
Gallery
See also List of Orientalist artists Orientalism
References
External links
ArtNet: More works by García.