Antonio de BRUGADA 1804-1863 Coastal landscapes Pair... Lot 133

Antonio de BRUGADA 1804-1863 Coastal landscapes Pair of oil paintings on canvas signed and dated "1843". Height 64 cm. Width 90 cm. Framed. "Antonio de Brugada Vila - Madrid, 1804 - San Sebastian, 1863 Spanish painter, trained at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid between 1818 and 1821. Between 1820 and 1823, he was the National Militia of Madrid and, due to the political upheavals of the time, was taken prisoner and political persecution at the hands of the absolutists. In 1823, he was forced to seek asylum in France. He settled in Bordeaux, later the home of Goya, with whom he struck up a close friendship. He remained in France for eleven years, sporadic visits to Spain. There, he continued his artistic apprenticeship and political activism. Brugada embodied the Romantic image of the liberal artist in exile, fighting against tyranny. In 1828, after Goya's death, and at the request of the latter's son, he returned to Madrid to inventory the paintings in the Quinta del Sordo. A he returned to Bordeaux. Dedicated to landscapes, especially seascapes, he competed in the National Fine Arts Exhibitions, where he received an "honorable" mention in 1856, and a second-class "honorable" mention in 1858. honorable mention. In 1892, one of his paintings, entitled "La Sépulture de Goya, à Bordeaux", was exhibited in the historical section of the Exposition Nationale des Beaux-arts. Isabel II's chamber painter, his historical seascapes His historic seascapes are on display at the Naval Museum in Madrid, the Royal Palace and the Santamarca Foundation in Madrid. Source: Museo Nacional del Prado Biographical Note