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Oil paintings art reproductions, master arts works from famous painters and Old Masters all beginning with the surname V. |
Short biography of the Spanish painter Diego Velazquez. |
The Spanish painter Diego Velazquez born in Seville, Spain, 1599. His real name Diego Rodriguez de Silva y Velazquez. The first Art educations he had from the vigorous painter Francisco de Herrera. He left his studio after one year, when he was only twelve years old. Then he start studied under Francisco Pacheco, where he stayed for five years. In 1622 Velazquez moved to Madrid where he met Rubens. He went in 1629 to Italy for the first time, visited the cities Venice, Rome, Florence, Genoa. He studied and copied old masters works and painted for himself. The Spanish painter died in Madrid, Spain, 1660. |
The Spanish painter Diego Velazquez. |
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