Diego Rodriguez DE Silva y Velazquez (1599.6.6-1660.8.6) was born in city of seville, is one of the country’s foreign trade important port at that time.Due to the foreign trade developed, economic prosperity, culture and art has been developing rapidly.
Young velasquez confidence in his talents, his painting is full of all kinds of sketch in the small.Although there is no social status did the painter, his father agreed to his after the thrill is gone jack vettriano painting.
12 velasquez into the studio was prestigious herrera.The mistaken for “sevilla Michelangelo” painter, in addition to chic vivid personality, and nothing can teach my students.Velasquez decided to leave soon, the other is cast palmer’s door.Pacheco ke is one of the country’s famous art educator, he is very appreciated, diego velazquez’s talents and he meet seville, famous poet, writer, philosopher, artist.Cut on the artistic conception, while Mr Ko very promoting academic art in Italy, but his realism art of caravaggio was very interested in, to their own genius students have creative exploration velasquez great encouragement and support.We can see from pacheco ke diary such records: “after five years of training to teach, I allow he married my daughter, this is because he has a great genius, purity of young people, good quality and his hope.”When 19-year-old velasquez has become a famous painter.
Philip iv in Spain, making him king young artists who make the art decided to Madrid try your talents and luck.He wrote in the letter of self recommendation in to the king, let the king and appreciate the true artist!
The king accepted the confident young people, and immediately let him for his portrait.The king is very satisfied with the velasquez painting portraits, unexpectedly ordered the other portraits of himself completely off the wall, since then only allow diego velazquez portrait of myself, please him into the palace, the king increase the painter’s status to clown equal level with the court.It is said that king often velasquez killing time in the studio, in order to avoid twist, the king from deep GongXiu a tunnel through the painter studio.Spanish Flanders great painter Rubens, often as a diplomat and painters to Spain, each time you visit the king is always to diego velazquez painting studio.When he met the young artists of 20 years younger than he, very appreciated for his talent, suggested the king let the young man to the state of art of Italian personally appreciate the achievements of the Renaissance masters.Embrace, the king sent velasquez to Italy for their collection of art treasures, a study at the same time.In artist at the age of 50 second sent to Italy, this time he stayed in Rome more than a year, for the papal portraits of the aristocracy, is one of the most prominent is the Pope ino’s theo tenth.
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