Francisco Pradilla

Francisco Pradilla
Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz, Public domain

(1848–1921) spansk målare

Francisco Pradilla (Spain, 1848–1921) is listed in the catalogue as a painter. By year of birth, Francisco Pradilla belongs to the chapter ‘Impressionism’ in this site’s history of art.

Francisco Pradilla was born in Villanueva de Gállego and died in Madrid. Francisco Pradilla trained at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Real Academia de España en Roma. Wikidata associates Francisco Pradilla with French Realism. Francisco Pradilla became a member of Real Academia de Nobles y Bellas Artes de San Luis, Academia Española de Bellas Artes de Roma, and Académie des beaux-arts. The awards include Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, and Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII. The students included Joaquín Sorolla and Luis Menéndez Pidal.

The works belong mainly to the genre painting. The catalogue has 8 works by Francisco Pradilla with free images. The dated works span the years 1877–1912. Works by Francisco Pradilla are held by several collections, among them Museo del Prado, Hispanic Society of America, Pradomuseet, and National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina.

Contemporary artists in the same chapter include Aureliano Beruete, Luis Jiménez Aranda, Gustave Caillebotte, Auguste Baud-Bovy, and Gustav Bauernfeind.