Leonardo Alenza

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Leonardo Alenza (1807–1845) was a Spanish painter and engraver. He was born in Madrid. He studied art under Juan Rivera and José de Madrazo, and became a good portrait painter, but was more especially famous for his pictures of the lower classes at play and work. He became a member of the Royal Academy of San Fernando of Madrid in 1842. He died in 1845 of tuberculosis in Madrid.

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References

Bryan, Michael (1886). Robert Edmund Graves, ed. Dictionary of Painters and Engravers, Biographical and Critical (Volume I:, A-K). York St. #4, Covent Garden, London; Original from Fogg Library, Digitized May 18, 2007: George Bell and Sons. pp. page 17.

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Name	Alenza, Leonardo
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Short description	Painter and engraver
Date of birth	1807
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Date of death	1845
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