Domingo Muñoz Cuesta
Illustration — Domingo Muñoz (c.1869), by Francisco Pradilla. • Illustration — The Sword Sharpener Domingo Muñoz Cuesta (1850, Madrid - 9 August 1935, Madrid) was a Spanish painter and illustrator; best known for genre scenes and historical period pieces, focusing on military themes.
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Domingo Muñoz Cuesta

Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz · CC BY-SA 4.0
- Born
- 1850 · Madrid.
- Died
- 1935 · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- painter · illustrator · editorial cartoonist
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Domingo Muñoz (c.1869), by Francisco Pradilla. • Illustration — The Sword Sharpener Domingo Muñoz Cuesta (1850, Madrid - 9 August 1935, Madrid) was a Spanish painter and illustrator; best known for genre scenes and historical period pieces, focusing on military themes.
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Domingo Muñoz Cuesta (1850–1935) was an editorial cartoonist, illustrator and painter, of Spanish nationality. The editorial cartoonist was born and died in Madrid.
Languages used include Spanish. Works are held at Museo del Prado.
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Cuesta received his artistic instruction at the " Special School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving", a satellite school of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. His primary instructor there was Francisco Domingo Marqués. During the 1880s, he studied at various schools in Rome. His first public works were his caricatures drawn for El Mundo Cómico (1876) and his drawings for La Ilustración Militar and La Ilustración Española y Americana. He won an award in a contest sponsored by the latter. Later, he participated in exhibits at the "Sociedad La Acuarela" (watercolors), Círculo de Bellas Artes and, at the Hernández Galleries. He also did illustrations for the edition of Gil Blas de Santillana, published by the Casa Editorial La Maravilla. He was married to the painter, María Luisa de la Riva.
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded with the occupation editorial cartoonist. Institutional cataloguing adds that domingo Muñoz Cuesta is recorded with the occupation illustrator. Recorded as a citizen of Spain. Recorded with the gender male. It is also recorded that domingo Muñoz Cuesta was born in Madrid. Cuesta died in Madrid.

Madrid.—Episodios de Nochebuena. Paréntesis de la ordenanza en la cantina de un cuartel
Domingo Muñoz Cuesta · Muñoz (1880-12-30). " Madrid.—Episodios de Nochebuena ". La Ilustración Española y Americana XXIV (48): 405. ISSN 1889-8394.

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- 1."Muñoz Cuesta, Domingo (1850-1935)", Biblioteca Nacional de España, Online
- 2.Ossorio y Bernard, Manuel, "Muñoz (D. Domingo)", Galería biográfica de artistas españoles del siglo XIX, Madrid: Imprenta de Moreno y Rojas, 1883/84
- 3."Notas de Arte", obituary in Online
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