Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans

Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando and Academia Española de Bellas Artes de Roma. Training under Luis Ferrant y Llausás is recorded. Nicanor Piñole, Miguel Hernández Nájera and María Galán Carvajal are recorded as having studied under Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans. The recorded working language is Spanish. Work by Alejandro Ferrant y Fischermans is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Museu d'Art Jaume Morera and Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

• Illustration — Cisneros (sitting) visits the construction of the Hospital of the Charity. Sanctuary of the Charity of Illescas (Toledo) He was born in Madrid, and studied with his uncle, Luis Ferrant Llausàs, and at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He also received a fellowship to study in Rome, where he was among the first students to attend the "Academia Española de Bellas Artes en Roma", together with Francisco Pradilla, Casto Plasencia, Manuel Castellano, Eduardo Sánchez Solá and Jaime Morera. • Illustration — Caricature of Alejandro Ferrant He was director of the Museum of Modern Art in Madrid, which was merged into the Museo del Prado in 1971. His son Ángel Ferrant was a leading sculptor of the Spanish vanguard.

He mainly painted religious and historical themes, but also devoted to genre painting and decorative art: • The Last Communion of San Fernando. • Sibyls and prophets on the inside of the dome of San Francisco el Grande, Madrid. • The Burial of Saint Sebastian. • Cisneros, founder of Illescas hospital - won the first medal of the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of 1892.