Victoriano Balasanz Sánchez (23 March 1854 — 27 October 1929) was a Spanish painter.
Biography
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Balasanz was born on 23 March 1854 in Castiliscar, although he was primarily circumscribed to Zaragoza.[1] One of his teachers at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza was Eduardo López del Plano,[2] also studying at the Escuela Especial de Madrid.[3] He cultivated history painting in a "rather cold and awkward" manner, as described by Federico Torralba Soriano,[4] and gained some reputation.[5] Like Plano, he became a pensioner[2] and was in correspondence with Zenón Trigo when there were difficulties with the Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.[6] Related to spiritism,[7] he died on 27 October 1929 in Montevideo,[8] having emigrated to South America in old age.[9]
References
edit- ^ García Guatas 1990, p. 325.
- ^ a b Hernández Latas, José Antonio. "Eduardo López del Plano". Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia.
- ^ García Guatas & Lorente Lorente 1987, p. 247.
- ^ Torralba Soriano 1979, p. 13.
- ^ Lorente 2009, p. 171.
- ^ García Guatas & Lorente Lorente 1987, p. 238.
- ^ García Guatas 1990, p. 327.
- ^ García Guatas 1990, p. 339.
- ^ García Guatas 1990, p. 334.
Bibliography
edit- García Guatas, Manuel Santiago (1990). "Victoriano Balasanz (1854-1929), o la frustración de ser pintor en Zaragoza" (PDF). Seminario de Arte Aragonés (44): 323–363. ISSN 0487-3491.
- García Guatas, Manuel Santiago; Lorente Lorente, Jesús Pedro (1 December 1987). "Pintores pensionados por el Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza". Artigrama (4): 235–258. doi:10.26754/OJS_ARTIGRAMA/ARTIGRAMA.198747623. S2CID 257302717.
- Lorente, Jesús Pedro (2009). "Zaragoza como tema pictórico, 1908-2008". In Manuel Santiago García Guatas; Jesús Pedro Lorente Lorente (eds.). La ciudad de Zaragoza de 1908 a 2008 (PDF). Institución Fernando el Católico, Diputación de Zaragoza. pp. 169–190. ISBN 978-84-7820-997-2.
- Torralba Soriano, Federico (1979). Pintura contemporánea aragonesa. Guara Editorial.