CASTELLANO, Manuel - b. 1826 Madrid, d. 1880 Madrid - WGA

CASTELLANO, Manuel

(b. 1826 Madrid, d. 1880 Madrid)

Spanish painter, engraver and collector, belonging to Romanticism. He was a specialist in history painting, particularly in the subjects related to bull fighting (Tauromaquia). He portrayed the most notable bullfighters of the time (Chiclanero, Chola, Cúchares, Forestry and Regatero, among others).

As a collector he assembled one of the first collections of photographs of Spain, which he donated to the National Library in 1871.

Horses in a Courtyard by the Bullring before the Bullfight, Madrid
Horses in a Courtyard by the Bullring before the Bullfight, Madrid by

Horses in a Courtyard by the Bullring before the Bullfight, Madrid

This painting by Castellano is just a pretext to offer an iconographical gallery of the bull-fighting world of the middle of the nineteenth century.

Horses in a Courtyard by the Bullring before the Bullfight, Madrid (detail)
Horses in a Courtyard by the Bullring before the Bullfight, Madrid (detail) by

Horses in a Courtyard by the Bullring before the Bullfight, Madrid (detail)

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