Museo Nacional del Prado. Madrid 10/30/2012 - 2/10/2013
The landscape painter Martín Rico (1833-1908) present all the different phases within the career of this Madrid-born artist, from his early landscapes of the Sierra of Madrid to his compositions painted in Venice and Paris.
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This section explores the painters’ early artistic activities dedicated to the production of watercolours –as shown by the Escorial, Segovia and Avila Album from the holdings of the Museo Nacional del Prado– and oil paintings –represented by views of Covadonga, the Guadarrama Mountains surrounding Madrid as well as of Azañón (Alcarria region). These works mark the beginnings of the artist’s transition from Romanticism towards Realism.
The works Rico produced during his stay in Switzerland where he formed part of the circle of Alexander Calame, and subsequently during his sojourns along the riversides of the Seine, Oise and Marne, reveal his fully developed realistic style. Especially his landscapes painted in France reveal a close affiliation to the work of Charles-François Daubigny.
During the artist’s stay in Granada, where he established a close relationship to Fortuny, his painting entered into a phase marked by a high degree of luminosity and freshness of colour. The works produced at this stage illustrate Rico’s emancipation from Realism, particularly his views of mentioned towns.
During his mature phase, Rico combines this luminosity with elements of the Spanish preciocismo style, which becomes apparent in his views of Madrid, Toledo, Paris, Chartres and Beaulieu.
From 1873 onwards, the artist’s discovery of Venice contributed to bring to perfection his definite artistic style, in which he achieves a perfect balance between the softness of his painterly execution, the fine rendering of light and the chromatic qualities. Due to the activity of international art merchants such as Goupil and Knoedler, his works entered some of the best Northern American collections. Rico’s most outstanding works are to represent this best known phase of his artistic career.
Ricardo de Madrazo Watercolor on paper, 26 x 18 cm ca. 1868 Michel Rico Collection
Mariano Fortuny Ink and wash on paper, 133 x 212 mm ca. 1869 - 1871 Barcelona, MNAC, Museu nacional d’Art de Catalunya
Mariano Fortuny Pencil on paper, 150 x 150 mm ca. 1874 Paris, Claude Rico Robert Collection
Joaquín Sorolla Oil on canvas, 98.5 x 63 cm ca. 1901 Paris, Michel Rico Collection
Watercolor on paper, 228 x 328 mm ca. 1853 - 1858 Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Watercolor on paper, 228 x 328 mm ca. 1853 - 1858 Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Watercolor on paper, 228 x 328 mm ca. 1853 - 1858 Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Watercolor on paper, 228 x 328 mm 1858? Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Watercolor on paper, 228 x 328 mm ca. 1853 - 1858 Madrid, Museo Nacional del Prado
Pencil on paper, 31.6 x 11 cm 1857 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Oil on canvas, 81 x 65 cm 1856 Oviedo, Museo de Bellas Artes de Asturias
Oil on canvas, 28 x 37 cm 1861 Madrid, Museum of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Oil on canvas, 70 x 100 cm 1861 Madrid, Museum of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
Oil on canvas, 55.8 x 39.6 cm ca. 1862 - 1864 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Oil on canvas, 65.4 x 92.1 cm 1858 Newark (New Jersey, United States), Collection of the Newark Museum. Bequest of J. Ackermann Coles, 1926
Oil on canvas, 38.2 x 73 cm 1865 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Oil on canvas, 38.7 x 64.8 cm
1869
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Bequest of Maria DeWitt Jesup, from the collection of her husband, Morris K. Jesup, 1914
Oil on canvas, 34 x 56.5 cm 1869 Philadelphia, Drexel University, The Drexel Museum
Oil on canvas, 39 x 67 cm
1869
San Sebastian, Museo de San Telmo. Donostia kultura. Bequest of Luis Errazu y Rubio de Tejada
Oil on canvas, 41 x 81 cm 1870 Madrid, private collection
Pencil on paper, 32.3 x 49.1 cm 1862 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Pencil on paper, 31.5 x 47.8 cm 1862 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Pencil on paper, 37.6 x 59 cm 1862 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Pencil on paper, 37 x 58 cm 1862 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Pencil on paper, 37.6 x 59 cm 1862 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Pencil on paper, 6.5 x 12.3 cm 1864 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Oil on canvas, 39.5 x 60.6 cm 1870 New York, The Hispanic Society of America
Watercolor on paper, 30 x 47 cm 1875 Barcelona, Ramón Mascort Collection
Watercolor on paper, 30 x 47 cm 1875 Baltimore, Maryland,The Walters Art Museum
Oil on canvas, 41 x 75.5 cm 1875 Madrid, Private Collection
Oil on canvas, 42 x 75 cm 1875 Baltimore, Maryland,The Walters Art Museum
Oil on canvas, 61 x 38.7 cm
1871
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bequest of Stephen Whitney Phoenix, 1881
Oil on canvas, 34 x 61 cm 1871 Madrid, Private Collection
Oil on panel, 35 x 24 cm 1893 Private Collection
Oil on panel, 23 x 35 cm 1882 Madrid, Museo de Historia
Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 64 cm 1872 Private Collection
Oil on canvas, 38.5 x 64 cm 1872 Madrid, Private Collection
Oil on canvas, 42 x 71 cm 1876 Madrid, Private Collection
Oil on canvas, 42.9 x 74 cm
1881
Duluth, Minnesota, Collection of the Tweed Museum of Art, University of Minnesota. Gift of Howard Lyon
Oil on canvas, 46 x 80 cm 1886 Private Collection
Oil on canvas, 65.5 x 101 cm 1900 Private Collection, courtesy of Phidias Antiques, Reggio Emilia (Italy)
Oil on canvas, 57.2 x 102.2 cm
1873 or 1874
Philadelphia, Drexel University. The Drexel Collection
Oil on canvas, 50.2 x 67.9 cm
1879
New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Catharine Lorillard Wolfe Collection, Bequest of Catharine Lorillard Wolfe, 1887
Oil on canvas, 141 x 81 cm 1883 Santander Collection
Oil on canvas, 81.3 x 130.8 cm 1894 Private collection, United States, courtesy of the MacConnal-Mason Gallery, London
Oil on canvas, 60 x 97 cm 1883 Private collection
Oil on canvas, 42.4 x 71.7 cm
1877
Philadelphia, The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, gift of Caroline Gibson Taitt
Oil on canvas, 124.5 x 83.8 cm 1902 Private Collection
Oil on canvas, 45 x 90 cm
1885
San Sebastián, Museo de San Telmo. Donostia kultura. Bequest of Luis de Errazu y Rubio de Tejada
Oil on canvas, 35.2 x 22.5 cm
1906
New York, The Brooklyn Museum of Art. Gift of Mrs. Carll H. de Silver in memory of her husband
Oil on canvas mounted on cardboard, 45 x 23 cm 1908 Paris, Michel Rico Collection
1864 - 1867 and 1871
1867 - 1868
1870 - 1871
1871 - 1872
1871 - 1872
1873 - 1874
1873 - 1874
1875
1875
1877?
1877 - 1879?
1878 - 1879
1879 - 1880
1880
1881
1882
1882 or 1883 and 1900
1885
1886
1886
1887
1891?-1901?
1892?-1903?
1892, 1906
1893
1884 – 1900?
1900-?
1900 - 1901
1901?
1900
1901
1901 – 1902
1903
1903 - 1904
ca. 1904 - 1905
ca. 1905
ca. 1905 - 1906
1900 - 1905
1905 - 1906
1906
Given the lack of monographic studies on the artist apart from the article of 1908 by Aureliano de Beruete and the biographical text by Du Gué Trapier of 1937, this catalogue is of fundamental importance as it will become the essential reference work for a knowledge of this painter.
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