Franciscan Monk with a Mule, Manuel García y Rodríguez (Seville, 1863 — 1925), 19th century Sevillian school

Franciscan Monk with a Mule, Manuel García y Rodríguez (Seville, 1863 — 1925), 19th century Sevillian school
Watercolor on paper, signed and dated Seville 98, measures: 28 x 23 cm, framed: 53 x 45 cm. Manuel García y Rodríguez (Seville, 1863 — May 6, 1925) was a Spanish painter. He went through the seminary and the provincial institute, where he obtained a bachelor's degree, and received his first painting lessons from José de la Vega Marrugal and his brothers Pedro and Francisco, belonging to a family of Sevillian artists, traditional and romantic painting. , but of a meticulous and descriptive realism, and linked to the recently created Free Academy of Fine Arts of Seville. Later he trained at the School of Fine Arts in Seville, where he was a disciple of Eduardo Cano and Manuel Wssel de Guimbarda, and connected with other young Sevillian artists such as Sánchez Perrier, Fernando Tirado, Virgilio Mattoni, José Arpa or Rico Cejudo. Throughout his life he participated on several occasions in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts (Spain), obtaining in 1887 a bronze medal with the work Las orillas del Guadalquivir and in the years 1890 and 1895 the second medal. His painting was directed towards landscapes and traditional scenes that he would practice almost exclusively throughout his career. Interested in this pictorial genre, he traveled to Madrid, where he came into contact with the pleinairist circle of Professor Carlos de Haes, although he dedicated most of his pictorial work to Seville, the Guadalquivir and its surroundings, actively participating in the neighboring school of landscapes. town of Alcala de Guadaira. He collaborated as an illustrator for the weekly Blanco y Negro. obtaining in 1887 a bronze medal with the work Las orillas del Guadalquivir and in the years 1890 and 1895 the second medal. His painting was directed towards landscape and costumbrist scenes that he would practice almost exclusively throughout his career. Interested in this pictorial genre, he traveled to Madrid, where he came into contact with the pleinairist circle of Professor Carlos de Haes, although he dedicated most of his pictorial work to Seville, the Guadalquivir and its surroundings, actively participating in the neighboring school of landscapes. town of Alcala de Guadaira. He collaborated as an illustrator for the weekly Blanco y Negro. obtaining in 1887 a bronze medal with the work Las orillas del Guadalquivir and in the years 1890 and 1895 the second medal. His painting was directed towards landscape and costumbrist scenes that he would practice almost exclusively throughout his career. Interested in this pictorial genre, he traveled to Madrid, where he came into contact with the pleinairist circle of Professor Carlos de Haes, although he dedicated most of his pictorial work to Seville, the Guadalquivir and its surroundings, actively participating in the neighboring school of landscapes. town of Alcala de Guadaira. He collaborated as an illustrator for the weekly Blanco y Negro. His painting was directed towards the landscape and the traditional scenes that he would practice almost exclusively throughout his career. Interested in this pictorial genre, he traveled to Madrid, where he came into contact with the pleinairist circle of Professor Carlos de Haes, although he dedicated most of his pictorial work to Seville, the Guadalquivir and its surroundings, actively participating in the neighboring school of landscapes. town of Alcala de Guadaira. He collaborated as an illustrator for the weekly Blanco y Negro. His painting was directed towards the landscape and the traditional scenes that he would practice almost exclusively throughout his career. Interested in this pictorial genre, he traveled to Madrid, where he came into contact with the pleinairist circle of Professor Carlos de Haes, although he dedicated most of his pictorial work to Seville, the Guadalquivir and its surroundings, actively participating in the neighboring school of landscapes. town of Alcala de Guadaira. He collaborated as an illustrator for the weekly Blanco y Negro.