Elías García Martínez
| Elías García Martínez | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1858 Requena (Spain) |
| Died |
1934 Utiel (Spain) |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse(s) | Juliana Condoy Tello |
Elías García Martínez (Requena, 1858 – Utiel, 1934) was a Spanish painter.[1][2]
Biography
García Martínez started his artistic career in Requena, his birthplace. He studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia and in Barcelona. He moved to Zaragoza, where he married Juliana Condoy Tello. In 1894, he started to work as an assistant professor in the Escuela Provincial de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza, where he taught the course of ornamental drawing and portrait painting until his retirement in 1929. He also gave lectures as professor of the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de Zaragoza. His work as a portraitist is not greatly appreciated by critics as he had not incorporated the innovations of modernity.[2]
Ecce Homo
One of the frescos painted by García Martínez in the Santuario de Misericordia of Borja (Zaragoza), his Ecce Homo, accidentally rose to international attention in August 2012 when it was destroyed in good faith by a local octogenarian woman named Cecilia Giménez, who had wished to restore the painting, which had deteriorated from humidity. Ms. Giménez insisted she had permission from the local priest to perform the work. As she lacked any kind of professional skill or experience, her attempt resulted in major damage to the painting, although the result enjoyed ironic fame.[3][4]
References
- ↑ El pintor Elías García Martínez, in Google Books.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Los García Condoy, in Gran Enciclopedia Aragonesa.
- ↑ Restauradores profesionales tratarán de recuperar el ‘Ecce homo’, in elpais.com.
- ↑ Spanish fresco restoration botched by amateur, in bbc.co.uk.
External links
Media related to Elías García Martínez at Wikimedia Commons