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  Diego Rodríguez de Silva Velázquez

born: Seville, Spain; 6 June 1599
died: Madrid, Spain; 6 August 1660

Velázquez is one of the greatest artists. His art gives expression to his remarkable powers of observation. Influenced by studying 16th-century Venetian painting, he developed from a good representational artist into a creator of masterpieces of visual impression. With brilliant technique, he achieved effects of light and space, form and texture, that make him the guiding spirit for the French impressionists two-hundred years later.

He died in Spain with only local recognition for his genus. Recognition of him in Britan, France, and Germany waited until the beginning of the 19th century.

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Other Works:

• The Water Carrier of Seville, about 1619, Wellington Museum, London, England.
• Saint Anthony Abbot and Saint Paul, 1630s, Prado, Madrid, Spain.

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