María Luisa de la Riva y Callol

She was a Spanish painter specializing in still life and flower paintings. She was an honorary member of the Sociedad de Amigos del País in Santiago de Compostela and a member of the Society of Artists in Berlin and Vienna. She was awarded the Palm of the French Academy and the Order of the Nischam Yfttikai of Tunisia. She studied with sculptor Mariano Bellver and painter Antonio Pérez Rubio.

She participated in numerous exhibitions and contests, receiving an honorable mention at the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts in 1887 and 1895. She won third medals in the 1897 and 1901 exhibitions for her paintings titled "Uvas de España" and "Frutas de verano," and a second medal in the 1920 edition for "Uvas y granadas." Additionally, she was awarded a third medal at the Exposition Universelle in Paris in 1889 and at the Universal Exposition in Barcelona in 1898 (Balbás Ibañez, Mª S. in Enciclopedia del Museo Nacional del Prado, 2006, vol. V, p. 1880).