LEON Y ESCOSURA Ignacio
A WALK IN THE PARK
Oil on panel: 30 x 36 cm / 11.8 x 14.2 ins
Signed lower left
Painter of genre scenes.
Ignacio Leon y Escosura was a pupil of Federico de Madrazo. He settled down in Paris. He was awarded a second class medal in Madrid and in London. He was made Chevalier (Knight) in the Order of Charles III and Commandeur (Commander) in the Order of Isabelle. He exhibited in Vienna in 1882.
Period:
Oviedo 1834 - 1901
Spanish School
Exhibitions:
Vienna
Literature:
E. Bénézit, "Dictionary of Artists", Paris 2006, Vol. 8, p. 523.