Identifier: sketchesofgreatp00dall (find matches)
Title: Sketches of great painters for young people
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: Dallin, Colonna Murray, Mrs
Subjects: Painters
Publisher: New York, Boston (etc.) Silver, Burdett and Company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
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also advised him togo to Rome to study, and gave him letters of introduc-tion to take with him; but Murillo longed so to getback once more to his beloved Seville — a city beautifulenough to win the devotion of any painter — that hegave up all thoughts of foreign travel. Soon after his return from Madrid, Murillo beganthe decoration of a Franciscan convent. The amountof money raised for the commission was so small thatthe older and more distinguished artists did not careto. undertake the work. After some hesitation thecommission was given to Murillo, who was eager to dosome important work. The decorations consisted ofeleven pictures, several of which were carried away bythe French when they invaded Spain. They are nowin various galleries of Europe. The Death of St. Clara,the finest of the series, is in England, and the AngelKitchen is at the Louvre. To the same period belongMurillos pictures of beggar boys and flower girls andsimilar subjects, besides a number of religious pictures
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The Immaculate Conception. MURILLO. 209 representing simple scenes with figures carefully studiedfrom nature. Murillo married a rich and highborn lady of Seville.He had two sons, one of whom went to America, whilethe other, after devoting himself to art for a number ofyears, became Canon of Seville Cathedral. His daugh-ter entered a convent in Seville ; so it seems that thedevotion to Catholicism shown in Murillos pictures wasshared by his family. When he had finished the decorations in the Francis-can convent, Murillos reputation was established. Hisworks, as the years went on, were more and more appre-ciated by his countrymen, and he was much in demandfor painting pictures for convents and churches. Forthe Seville Cathedral he painted the heads of severalsaints, an Immaculate Conception, and tSt. Anthony ofPadua Visited by the Christ Child. The Immaculate Conception was a favorite subjectwith Spanish artists, and especially with Murillo.When Philip IV. became the king of Spain, he m

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