Born today, February 7, 1837, Jose Jimenez Aranda was one of three brothers, all artists. Although he was born and lived in Spain, I am including him today since he was a great influence on several Mexican painters, especially in the costumbrista style.
Aranda was quite adept at drawing, so attended Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Saint Elizabeth of Hungary, in Seville, Spain. His career began as an art restorer and stained glass artist, but he moved to painting, studying with Mariano Fortuny and influenced by Goya and Velasquez.
He relocated to Madrid, in 1890, and pursued painting in earnest, working in the costumbrista style. One of his most notable paintings in this style is A Pass in the Bullring (below). After his wife and daughter died, he returned to Seville and was a teacher at the Academy of Fine Arts. Aranda died in 1903.
costumbrista: Literal, pictorial interpretation of everday life. Usually considered a combination of Romanticism and Realism, with specific rather than general events and locales (Realism) depicted with the emotion of Romanticism. Can be satiric, but otherwise usually represented folkloric Hispanic life.
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