Martín Tovar y Tovar: The Painter of Venezuelan Independence (+seeding)

Martín Tovar y Tovar died in Caracas on December 17, 1902 at the age of 75.

A prominent painter of our independence, he received his first lessons from Celestino Martínez, then studied the Academy of Drawing with Antonio José Carranza and at the Colegio de La Paz with Carmelo Fernández.

In 1873, Tovar y Tovar was commissioned by Guzmán Blanco to create a gallery of portraits of the main heroes of Independence and other personalities of republican life for the Elliptical Hall of the Federal Legislative Palace.

The painting of The Signing of the Act of Independence is one of the most famous.

In 1885 he left for France to execute the new commissioned works, The Battle of Carabobo (1887), The Battle of Boyacá (1895), The Battle of Junín (1895) and The Car Treaty.

Tovar y Tovar spent the last two decades of his life, interested in the landscape genre, serving as a link between the landscape design of traveling artists and the work of the Círculo de Bellas Artes.

Born on February 10, 1827 in the city of Caracas, his legacy has inspired many artists today.

Mazo News Team