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Jose Maria Velasco

Jose Maria Velasco (1840 - 1912) was active/lived in Mexico.  Jose Velasco is known for Painting.

José María Velasco (1840-1912)

He was one of Mexico's most important and accomplished landscape artists.  An academically trained painter who focused exclusively on the landscape of his native country, Velasco is best known today for his extraordinary, panoramic vistas of the Valley of Mexico.  During his lifetime the artist won numerous prizes and awards in national and international competitions, and his work is admired for its technical proficiency and almost visionary clarity.

Velasco was born in Temascalcingo, a small town just a few miles northwest of Mexico City.  His family were rebozo, or shawl, weavers, and when his father died in 1846, his mother moved the family to Mexico City.  A precocious draftsman, Velasco pursued his interest in art from an early age and enrolled in the Art Academy of San Carlos in 1858.  He trained with Santiago Rebull, a figure and portrait painter, and Eugenio Landesio, an Italian painter from Turin, who proved   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5863 characters.]  Artist bio

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