All Luis Eugenio Melendez 's Paintings
The Painting Names Are Sorted From A to Z
Oil On Canvas, Real Flavor of Old Masters
Choice ID Image  Painting (From A to Z)       Details 
79642 Philip V in Hunting Costume  Philip V in Hunting Costume   February 1712(1712-02) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 103 x 83 cm (40.6 x 32.7 in) cyf
79935 Philip V in Hunting Costume  Philip V in Hunting Costume   February 1712(1712-02) Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 103 x 83 cm (40.6 x 32.7 in) cyf
79136 Queen consort of Spain  Queen consort of Spain   1718-1722 Medium Oil on canvas cyf
76487 Still Life with Fruit and Cheese  Still Life with Fruit and Cheese   Date 18th century Medium Oil on canvas cyf
82383 Still Life with Melon and Pears  Still Life with Melon and Pears   18th century Medium Oil on canvas cyf
84185 Still Life with Melon and Pears  Still Life with Melon and Pears   18th century Medium Oil on canvas cyf
74815 Still-Life  Still-Life   1770 Oil on canvas 49 x 37 cm cjr
76277 Still-Life  Still-Life   Date 1770 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 49 x 37 cm cyf
Luis Eugenio Melendez
(Naples, 1716-Madrid, 1780) was a Spanish painter. Although he received little acclaim during his lifetime and died in poverty, Melendez is recognized today as the greatest Spanish still-life painter of the 18th century. His mastery of composition and light, and his remarkable ability to convey the volume and texture of individual objects enabled him to transform the most mundane of kitchen fare into powerful images. Luis Egidio Melendez de Rivera Durazo y Santo Padre was born in Naples in 1716. His father, Francisco Melendez de Rivera Diaz (1682- after 1758), was a miniaturist painter from Oviedo who had moved to Madrid with his older brother, the portrait painter Miguel Jacinto Melendez (1679-1734) in pursuit of artistic instruction. Whereas Miguel remained in Madrid to study and became a painter in the court of Philip V, Francisco left for Italy in 1699 to seek greater artistic exposure. Francisco took a special interest in visiting the Italian academies and settled in Naples where he married Maria Josefa Durazo y Santo Padre Barrille. Luis was a year old when his father, who had been a soldier in a Spanish garrison and lived abroad for almost two decades, returned to Madrid with the family. Luis Egidio, his brother Jose Agusten, and Ana, one of his sisters, began their careers under the tutelage of their father, who was appointed the King's Painter of Miniatures in 1725. After several years, in his words: painting royal portraits in jewels and bracelets to serve as gifts for envoys and ambassadors, he entered the workshop of Louis Michel van Loo (1707-1771), a Frenchman who had been made royal painter of Philip V of Spain.



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