Mariano Benlliure y Gil
(1862–1947) Spanish sculptor (1862–1947)
Mariano Benlliure y Gil (Spain, 1862–1947) is listed in the catalogue as a sculptor. By year of birth, Mariano Benlliure y Gil belongs to the chapter ‘Post-Impressionism and Symbolism’ in this site’s history of art.
Mariano Benlliure y Gil was born in Valencia and died in Madrid. Mariano Benlliure y Gil trained at Real Academia de España en Roma. Mariano Benlliure y Gil became a member of Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando, Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis, and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Knight of the Legion of Honour, Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise, and Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII. The students included Francisco Palma Burgos and Jacinto Higueras Fuentes.
The best-known works include ‘Francisco de Goya’, ‘Teniente Jacinto Ruíz Mendoza’, ‘Monument to Maria Christina of Bourbon’, and ‘Monument to Luis Noval, Madrid’. The catalogue has 6 works by Mariano Benlliure y Gil with free images. The dated works span the years 1896–1940.
Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Santiago Rusiñol i Prats, Blanca de los Ríos, Eugène Jansson, Gustav Klimt, and Wilhelm Degode.