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A Spanish Garden
A Spanish Garden is an oil painting by the Impressionist artist Martín Rico. It dates from 1890 and is held in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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Subject & Meaning
The composition includes two youthful figures, identified as a boy and a girl, situated within the garden setting alongside a building.
Painted in 1890, Martín Rico's A Spanish Garden portrays an outdoor scene featuring architectural elements and a central fountain. The composition includes two youthful figures, identified as a boy and a girl, situated within the garden setting alongside a building. While the work captures a specific location through these visual components, the available records describe the physical contents of the scene without elaborating on deeper allegorical meanings or specific symbolic interpretations associated with the figures or the landscape.
Technique & Style
The work titled A Spanish Garden is an oil painting executed on canvas in 1890 by Martín Rico. Its support is a stretched canvas, and the paint is applied in the conventional oil-on-canvas technique of late-19th-century easel practice. The composition portrays a garden scene that includes a boy, a girl, a building, and a fountain, reflecting a genre-type interest in everyday Spanish domestic settings. The Metropolitan Museum of Art records the dimensions as 61 cm by 38.7 cm.
History & Provenance
A Spanish Garden is an oil on canvas painting executed by Martín Rico in 1890, measuring 61 × 38.7 cm. The work entered the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, where it remains on view. No record of a specific commission has been identified.
Overview
Martín Rico's A Spanish Garden, executed in oil paint in 1890, presents a vibrant outdoor scene. This work exemplifies the artist's focus on landscapes and cityscapes, a genre for which he achieved international recognition during the 19th century. The painting is currently held in the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, representing a key aspect of Rico's artistic output.
Context
Martín Rico was a prominent Spanish landscape and cityscape painter who gained significant international recognition during the 19th century. His dedication to capturing outdoor environments, often with an impressionistic sensibility, positioned him as an important figure in Spanish art of his time. A Spanish Garden reflects the themes and stylistic interests that defined his successful career.
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Artist
Martín Rico y Ortega (El Escorial 12 November 1833 – Venice 13 April 1908) was a Spanish painter of landscapes and cityscapes.
