Alejandro González Velázquez
Alejandro González Velázquez (27 February 1719 – 1772), was a Spanish late-Baroque architect and painter. Velázquez was born in Madrid into a family of artists; his father Pablo González Velázquez and brothers Luis and Antonio were all painters. He studied painting at the School Board for the establishment of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and trained at the Italian technique quadratura.
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Alejandro González Velázquez
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- Born
- 1719 · Madrid.
- Died
- 1772 · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- architect · painter
- Education
- Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
- Languages
- Spanish
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Alejandro González Velázquez (27 February 1719 – 1772), was a Spanish late-Baroque architect and painter. Velázquez was born in Madrid into a family of artists; his father Pablo González Velázquez and brothers Luis and Antonio were all painters. He studied painting at the School Board for the establishment of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and trained at the Italian technique quadratura.
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The authorities additionally record the headings Alexandro González Velázquez, Alexander González Velázquez, Alejandro Gonzalez Velazquez, Alexander Velázquez and Alexandro Gonzalez Velazquez. His recorded language was Spanish. He was the child of Pablo González Velázquez.
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1719
Alejandro González Velázquez was born in 1719 at Madrid.
1793
Antonio González Velázquez (Madrid, 1723-1793) fue un pintor español. Hijo del escultor Pablo González Velázquez y hermano menor de los también artistas Luis y Alejandro González Velázquez, (1793) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
1772
Alejandro González Velázquez died in 1772 at Madrid.
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In collaboration with his brother Luis he painted wall decorations of numerous churches in Madrid, including the chapel of Santa Teresa in the Convent of San Hermenegildo, the parish of San José, and the church of the Bernardine nunnery of Sacramento. In 1652, he was officially named deputy director of architecture for the Academy. The following year, returning Antonio from Italy, the three brothers were responsible for the frescoes of the dome and pendentives of the Convent of the Salesians Royals led by Corrado Giaquinto. Specializing in ornamental painting in 1766 he was appointed director of the new section of Perspective at the Academy. Among his disciples was his son José Antonio, the first director of architecture at the Academy of San Carlos in Mexico.
• Cean Bermudez, John Augustine, Historical Dictionary of the most distinguished teachers of the Fine Arts in Spain, Madrid, 1800, vol. 2, p. 218. • Pastor Gutierrez, Ismael, "Portrait of Luis Gonzalez Velazquez ', Yearbook of the Department of History and Theory of Art, No. 1, 1989, p. 139-146.
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Alejandro González Velázquez studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
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