José Jiménez Aranda

José Jiménez Aranda studied at Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Isabel of Hungary. Training under Eduardo Cano and Manuel Cabral y Aguado Bejarano is recorded. Álvaro Alcalá Galiano is recorded as having studied under José Jiménez Aranda. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Places of work recorded in the authority are London, Berlin and Vienna. Employment is recorded with Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Isabel of Hungary. Work by José Jiménez Aranda is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado, Carmen Thyssen Museum, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco and Walters Art Museum. Distinctions recorded are Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.

• Name — José Jiménez Aranda • Born — 7 February 1837 • Birthplace — Seville, Spain • Died — 6 May 1903 • Place of death — Seville, Spain • Known for — Painting José Jiménez Aranda (7 February 1837 – 6 May 1903) was a Spanish painter and brother of the painters Luis Jiménez Aranda[1] and Manuel Jiménez Aranda.

He was initiated in his first steps towards becoming a painter by Manuel Cabral and Eduardo Cano. Gifted at drawing, in 1851 he entered the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary) in Seville.[2] In 1868 he studied the collections in the Museo del Prado (Prado Museum) in Madrid, especially those of Goya and Velázquez. In 1867 he travelled to Jerez de la Frontera to work as a restorer and designer of stained glass. In 1871 he moved to Rome, where he remained for four years, getting to know Mariano Fortuny, who greatly influenced his paintings.

In 1881 he moved to París, where he studied for nine years, painting works set in the eighteenth century in the style of Fortuny with notable success. In 1890 he moved to Madrid, painting scenes of everyday life in a more costumbrista style.

The death of his wife and daughter in 1892 resulted in his returning to his city of birth for the rest of his life. There he was appointed member of the Academy of Fine Arts, where he became a teacher, a position he held until his death in 1903. Daniel Vázquez Díaz, Eugenio Hermoso, Ricardo López Cabrera, Manuel González Santos and Sanz Arizmendi were his pupils during this time in Seville. In the last decade of the nineteenth century he frequented the Alcala de Guadaíra circle of landscape painters, leaving this genre some examples of "grand master" works (according to Sorolla). Among his best known works are: A Pass in the Bullring (1880), Una desgracia (A Disaster – 1890) and Slave for Sale (c. 1897). He was also a noted cartoonist and illustrator, producing 689 highlighted drawings for the tercentenary edition of Don Quijote (published 1905).

• Illustration — alt=José Jiménez Aranda A Pass in the Bullring 1870 A Pass in the Bullring • Illustration — alt=Figaro's Shop Figaro's Shop, 1875 Walters Art Museum • Illustration — The coffee of José Jiménez Aranda • Illustration — Conversation in a Sevillan Courtyard • Illustration — Under the oranges 1900 • Illustration — alt=Una desgracia José Jiménez Aranda, 1890 Una desgracia (A Disaster), 1890 Museo de Bellas Artes de Sevilla • Illustration — Penitents at the Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, Museo del Prado • Illustration — At the Cobblers, Widener University Art Museum • Illustration — Slave for Sale • Illustration — Self-portrait

He also worked under the name Jimenez Aranda, Jose. The authorities additionally record the headings Jose Jimenez y Aranda, José Jimenez Aranda, José G. Ximenes y Aranda, José Jimenez y Aranda and José Jiménes Aranda. His recorded language was Spanish.

José Jiménez Aranda is recorded with the occupation painter. Recorded as a citizen of Spain. Classed in the genre portrait.