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Eugenio Álvarez Dumont
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[[File:Churruca death.jpg|thumb|400px|The Death of [[Cosme Damián de Churruca y Elorza|Churruca]]]]
'''Eugenio Álvarez Dumont''' (1864, [[Tunis]] - 1927, [[Buenos Aires]]) was a Spanish painter; primarily of [[Orientalism|Orientalist]] and [[costumbrista]] scenes, although he is best remembered as a [[battle painter]], for his scenes from the [[Peninsular War]]. His brother, , was also a well known artist.
== Biography ==
He received his first artistic training at the [[Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando]] in Madrid, then at the and the Accademia Chigi in Rome. He received an honorary mention there for one of his first sketches; ''The Death of Churruca'', which later served as the basis for one of his best known paintings. [[Vicente Palmaroli]] had a major influence on his work.
In 1898, he travelled through North Africa with his brother, producing Orientalist scenes. Later, he moved to Paris then, finally to Madrid, where he dedicated himself to teaching, at the Escuela de Artes e Industrias, and painting costumbrista scenes. He was awarded medals at the [[National Exhibition of Fine Arts (Spain)|National Exhibition of Fine Arts]] in 1887 and 1892.
In 1906, he exhibited his works at the "IV Exposición de Arte Español", held in Buenos Aires under the sponsorship of the painter and art dealer, José Pinelo Llull (1861-1922).<ref name=F>Ana María Fernández García, ''Arte y emigración. La Pintura española en Buenos Aires 1880-1930'', Universidad de Oviedo. Universidad de Buenos Aires, 1997 ISBN 84-7468-929-5</ref> In 1910, he was invited to participate in an exhibition celebrating the centennial of Buenos Aires, but that showing was not as successful.<ref name=F />
Toward the end of his life, he settled in Buenos Aires, where he did decorative paintings as well as canvases, and provided illustrations for Argentine books and magazines.
== References ==
== External links ==
* [https://ift.tt/34RXmmT Biography] @ the ''[[Diccionario Biográfico Español]]'', Hernández Nieves (Ed.), Real Academia de la Historia, 2018
* [https://ift.tt/2XQZSsc More works by Álvarez] @ ArtNet
[[Category:1864 births]]
[[Category:1927 deaths]]
[[Category:Spanish painters]]
[[Category:Spanish battle painters]]
[[Category:Spanish orientalists]]
[[Category:People from Tunis]]
[[Category:Spanish emigrants to Argentina]]
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