Victoriano Balasanz Sánchez (23 March 1854 — 27 October 1929) was a Spanish painter.

Biography

Posthumous portrait of Joaquín Costa, 1913

Balasanz was born on 23 March 1854 in Castiliscar, although he was primarily circumscribed to Zaragoza.[1] One of his teachers at the Escuela de Bellas Artes de Zaragoza was Eduardo López del Plano,[2] also studying at the Escuela Especial de Madrid.[3] He cultivated history painting in a "rather cold and awkward" manner, as described by Federico Torralba Soriano,[4] and gained some reputation.[5] Like Plano, he became a pensioner[2] and was in correspondence with Zenón Trigo when there were difficulties with the Ayuntamiento de Zaragoza.[6] Related to spiritism,[7] he died on 27 October 1929 in Montevideo,[8] having emigrated to South America in old age.[9]

References

  1. García Guatas 1990, p. 325.
  2. 1 2 Hernández Latas, José Antonio. "Eduardo López del Plano". Diccionario biográfico español. Real Academia de la Historia.
  3. García Guatas & Lorente Lorente 1987, p. 247.
  4. Torralba Soriano 1979, p. 13.
  5. Lorente 2009, p. 171.
  6. García Guatas & Lorente Lorente 1987, p. 238.
  7. García Guatas 1990, p. 327.
  8. García Guatas 1990, p. 339.
  9. García Guatas 1990, p. 334.

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