Félix Parra
Félix Parra | |
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Born | Félix Parra Hernández[1] 17 November 1845 Valladolid (nowadays Morelia, Michoacán) |
Died | 9 February 1919 Tacubaya (nowadays Mexico City) | (aged 73)
Nationality | Mexican |
Education | Academy of San Carlos |
Known for | Painting |
Notable work | Galileo at the University of Padua Demonstrating the New Astronomical Theories (1873), Fray Bernabé de las Casas (1875). |
Patron(s) | Ramón de Lascuráin[2] |
Félix Parra Hernández (17 November 1845 – 9 February 1919)[3] was a Mexican painter who worked as instructor of ornament drawing at the Academy of San Carlos. His works, and particularly his images of Indians, served as inspiration for muralists such as Diego Rivera[4] and José Clemente Orozco.[5]
Biography[]
Parra was born on 17 November 1845 in Valladolid (nowadays Morelia, Michoacán) and died on 9 February 1919 in Tacubaya.
Works[]
Galileo en la Universidad de Padua demostrando las nuevas teorías astronómicas ("Galileo at the University of Padua Demonstrating the New Astronomical Theories", 1873).[3]
Fray Bartolomé de las Casas (1875) exhibited at the Centennial International Exposition of Philadelphia in 1876.[3]
Episodios de la Conquista: La matanza de Cholula ("Episodes of the Conquest [of Mexico]: The Massacre of Cholula", 1877).[3]
Solos ("Alone", 1898).
Part of the ceiling fresco painted by Felix Parra in 1893 in the Salon de Cabildos of the Palacio de Ayuntamiento (Old Town Hall) of Mexico City
See also[]
Notes and references[]
- ^ "Félix Parra 1845–1919: Visionario entre siglos" (in Spanish). Museo Nacional de Arte. 2014. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
La exhibición estará centrada en el pintor michoacano Félix Parra Hernández, formado en la antigua Academia de San Carlos. La muestra se propone destacar la adquisición que el Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBA) hiciera del Fondo Félix Parra en 2008 y su adjudicación al Munal [...]
- ^ Herrera, Mateo (1999) [1st. pub. 1919]. "El pintor don Félix Parra y la última exposición de sus obras" [Painter Félix Parra and the last exhibition of his works.]. In Moyssén Echeverría, Xavier; Ortiz Gaitán, Julieta (eds.). La crítica de arte en México: Estudios y documentos (1914–1921) [Art Criticism in Mexico: Studies and Documents (1914–1921)] (in Spanish). Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. pp. 329–331. ISBN 9789683666512. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d Cairo Ballester, Ana (2003). José Martí y la novela de la cultura cubana [José Martí and the Cuban cultural novel] (in Spanish). Santiago de Compostela, Spain: Universidad de Santiago de Compostela. pp. 158–159. ISBN 9788497501538. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Wood Foard, Sheila (2009). Diego Rivera. New York, N.Y., United States: Infobase Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 9781438106748. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
- ^ Tibol, Raquel (2010). José Clemente Orozco: una vida para el arte: Breve historia documental [José Clemente Orozco, A Life Dedicated to Art: Short documented history] (in Spanish). Mexico City, Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Economica. p. 1878. ISBN 9786071603043. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
External links[]
- Media related to Felix Parra at Wikimedia Commons
- Félix Parra at the Google Cultural Institute
- Mexican landscape painters
- Mexican watercolourists
- 1845 births
- 1919 deaths
- Artists from Michoacán
- People from Morelia
- 19th-century Mexican painters
- 19th-century male artists
- Mexican male painters
- 20th-century Mexican painters
- 20th-century male artists
- Mexican painter stubs