Vicente López Portaña

(1772–1850) Spanish painter (1772-1850)

Vicente López Portaña (Spain, 1772–1850) is listed in the catalogue as a painter and a draughtsman. By year of birth, Vicente López Portaña belongs to the chapter ‘Romanticism’ in this site’s history of art.

Vicente López Portaña was born in Valencia and died in Madrid. Vicente López Portaña trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. The students included Justo María de Velasco, José Ribelles, and Fortunato Bonich.

The works belong mainly to the genre portrait. The catalogue has 43 works by Vicente López Portaña with free images. The dated works span the years 1745–1850. Works by Vicente López Portaña are held by several collections, among them Pradomuseet, Kataloniens nationella konstmuseum, Museu de Belles Arts de València, and Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include José Álvarez Cubero, José Aparicio, Damián Buenaventura Campeny y Estrany, Gerhard von Kügelgen, and Adélaïde Victoire Hall.

• Romanticism
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