Description
ANTONIO DE BRUGADA (Madrid, 1804-San Sebastián, 1863). "Marina". Oil on canvas. Attached certificate issued by Enrique Arias Anglés. It has restorations and faults on the edge of the canvas. It has a period frame with damage. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 64 x 53 cm; 90 x 80 cm (frame). In this canvas the painter offers us a view of idealised aesthetics, dominated by a warm and bright atmosphere. The space is organised in depth, based on clear diagonals that guide our gaze towards the background, articulating the large planes that make up the blue masses of the water and the sky, which seem to reflect each other with their rich tonal nuances. Antonio de Brugada was a Romantic painter born in Madrid, but of Valencian origin, and trained at the San Fernando Academy (1818-21). He is best known for his marine and naval battles, a genre he perfected under the guidance of Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin. Politically, he was aligned with the Liberals, to the point of forming part of the National Militia of Madrid during the Constitutional Triennium (1820-1823). As a result, he had to take refuge in Bordeaux after 1823 together with his friend Francisco de Goya. He returned to Spain in 1834, except for a brief stay to inventory the Black Paintings of the Quinta del Sordo when Goya died (1828). From 1844 he was the painter to Isabella II. He took part in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, where he received an honourable mention in 1856 and a "second-class" honourable mention in 1858. In 1892 a painting by Brugada was exhibited in the historical section of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts entitled "Goya's Burial in Bordeaux".
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ANTONIO DE BRUGADA (Madrid, 1804-San Sebastián, 1863). "Marina". Oil on canvas. Attached certificate issued by Enrique Arias Anglés. It has restorations and faults on the edge of the canvas. It has a period frame with damage. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 64 x 53 cm; 90 x 80 cm (frame). In this canvas the painter offers us a view of idealised aesthetics, dominated by a warm and bright atmosphere. The space is organised in depth, based on clear diagonals that guide our gaze towards the background, articulating the large planes that make up the blue masses of the water and the sky, which seem to reflect each other with their rich tonal nuances. Antonio de Brugada was a Romantic painter born in Madrid, but of Valencian origin, and trained at the San Fernando Academy (1818-21). He is best known for his marine and naval battles, a genre he perfected under the guidance of Jean Antoine Théodore de Gudin. Politically, he was aligned with the Liberals, to the point of forming part of the National Militia of Madrid during the Constitutional Triennium (1820-1823). As a result, he had to take refuge in Bordeaux after 1823 together with his friend Francisco de Goya. He returned to Spain in 1834, except for a brief stay to inventory the Black Paintings of the Quinta del Sordo when Goya died (1828). From 1844 he was the painter to Isabella II. He took part in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, where he received an honourable mention in 1856 and a "second-class" honourable mention in 1858. In 1892 a painting by Brugada was exhibited in the historical section of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts entitled "Goya's Burial in Bordeaux".
