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In 1753, Miguel Cabrera founded Mexico's first "Academy of Painting". | In 1753, Miguel Cabrera founded Mexico's first "Academy of Painting". | ||
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*[http://www.museoblaisten.com/english.asp Andrés Blaisten Museum] | *[http://www.museoblaisten.com/english.asp Andrés Blaisten Museum] | ||
*[http://www.suafyl.filos.unam.mx/html/Mirada-libro/Cabrera.html Miguel Cabrera] | *[http://www.suafyl.filos.unam.mx/html/Mirada-libro/Cabrera.html Miguel Cabrera] | ||
| + | *[http://www.aquioaxaca.com/personajes/cabrera.htm Miguel Cabrera] In Spanish. | ||
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Miguel Cabrera (Oaxaca 1695 - 1768) Mexican painter, s. XVIII. He is considered one of the most important painters of his time in New Spain.
Cabrera's works include religious paintings like: grand wall paintings, retablo designs (like Santa Prisca de Taxco), portraits (like Juan de Palafox y Mendoza and Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz) and a series of castas ("breed" or "race") paintings. He painted for the Archbishop and for the Jesuit order. Cabrera's painting was influenced by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
In 1753, Miguel Cabrera founded Mexico's first "Academy of Painting".
The portrait of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz shows her in her famous library.
See also
External links
- Andrés Blaisten Museum
- Miguel Cabrera
- Miguel Cabrera In Spanish.