Pelegrín Clavé

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Pelegrín Clavé was a Catalan painter who became the head of the revived National Academy of San Carlos in Mexico in the mid-19th century. He learned his art in Rome from the Nazarene painters and was instrumental in propagating Realism in Mexican art. While he painted some landscapes, his most notable subjects were portraits of Mexico City's intellectual elite. Clavé's influence contributed to an academic style that emphasized details in portraits, historical depictions, and biblical scenes.1

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Manuel Vilar
…academy recruited Vilar and painter Pelegrín Clavé, a fellow Catalonian who also worked in a Purist style, in the hopes of revitalizing the school. Together, Vilar and Clavé directed the school’s training toward a conservative, deeply religious art. Students began to produce emotionally intense biblical scenes that reflected their teachers’…
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…academy recruited Vilar and painter Pelegrín Clavé, a fellow Catalonian who also worked in a Purist style, in the hopes of revitalizing the school. Together, Vilar and Clavé directed the school’s training toward a conservative, deeply religious art. Students began to produce emotionally intense biblical scenes that reflected their teachers’…
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Latin American art
Realism
) Pelegrín Clavé, a Catalan painter who had learned his art in Rome from the Nazarene painters, was the head of the revived academy. He painted some landscapes, but his most arresting subjects were the intellectual elite of Mexico City. The Italian Eugenio Landesio was hired…
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) Pelegrín Clavé, a Catalan painter who had learned his art in Rome from the Nazarene painters, was the head of the revived academy. He painted some landscapes, but his most arresting subjects were the intellectual elite of Mexico City. The Italian Eugenio Landesio was hired…
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