Aureliano de beruete biography

Aureliano de Beruete (27 September 1845, Madrid – 5 January 1912, Madrid) was a Spanish landscape painter, art critic and social activist.
Aureliano de Beruete was a Spanish landscape painter, art critic and social activist.
Born in Madrid on 27 September 1845 into a wealthy family, Aureliano de Beruete alternated his law degree at university with studying drawing and painting.

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Aureliano de Beruete was born to an affluent family from minor nobility, he took after his family's desires, got his Doctorate in Law from the University of Madrid in 1867 and filled in as a Deputy in the Cortes for two sessions in 1871 and 1872.

Aureliano de Beruete was more inclined towards art. He enrolled at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and had his first lessons with Carlos de Haes. His plentiful income enabled him to dedicate himself totally to painting. One of his first works was a portrayal of "Orbajosa"; an imaginary village created by Benito Pérez Galdós for his novel Doña Perfecta, which Beruete presented to the author as a gift. Afterward, he made a trip to Paris, where he was introduced to Plein-air painting by Martín Rico Y Ortega.

For a long time, Aureliano de Beruete was a Professor at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza which he helped in creating and was connected with the Generation of '98 and its political arm, Regenerationism.

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Aureliano de Beruete

Spanish painter (1845–1912)

Aureliano de Beruete (27 September 1845, Madrid – 5 January 1912, Madrid) was a Spanish landscape painter, art critic and social activist.

Biography

Born in Madrid into a wealthy family from the minor nobility, he followed his family's wishes, received his Doctorate in Law at the University of Madrid in 1867^[1] and served as a Deputy in the Cortes for two sessions; 1871 and 1872.^[2]

He was more inclined to art, however, and had his first lessons at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, where he studied with Carlos de Haes.^[1] His ample income allowed him to devote himself entirely to painting. One of his first works was a depiction of "Orbajosa"; an imaginary village created by Benito Pérez Galdós for his novel Doña Perfecta, which Beruete gave to the author as a gift.^[3] Later, he made a trip to Paris, where he was introduced to plein-air painting by Martín Rico.^[2]

For many years, he was a professor at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza (which he

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Born in Madrid on 27 September 1845 into a wealthy family, Aureliano de Beruete alternated his law degree at university with studying drawing and painting at the studio of the modest painter Carlos Múgica Pérez (1821–c.1876) and as a copyist at the Museo del Prado. Devoted wholly to painting from 1873 onwards after dabbling briefly in politics, he became a pupil of Carlos de Haes (1826–1898) at the San Fernando Academy the following year. He travelled with this master to the Basque Country and Majorca and was impressed by his plein-air painting.

In 1875 he married his cousin María Teresa Moret y Remisa. Their only son, also called Aureliano, became a prominent art critic and director of the Museo del Prado.

Three years later, in Paris, he met Martín Rico (1833–1908), who introduced him to the ornamental précieux style that was in vogue among the wealthy bourgeois and spread from France to the whole of the international market, likewise influencing his style.

After he was awarded a third-place medal at the National Exhibition