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José María Velasco
1840-1912 Mexico/Impressionism/Landscapes
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Brief Biography-
José María Velasco, or to be precise, José María Tranquilino Francisco de Jesús Velasco Gómez Obregón, was born in Temascalcingo village, Mexico, in 1840. When he was nine, the family went to Mexico City, where his father died of cholera within three months. José worked at a clothing store and studied at the Lancasteriano School of Santa Catarina Martir, where he developed an interest in art.
In 1855, his mature painting and academic studies began at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos; he later became a professor. Some of his mentors were Juan Urruchi, Filipe Sojo and Miguel Mata. In addition, his master, Eugenio Landesio, from Italy, encouraged him to paint natural landscape scenes.
Velasco was the first major landscape artist in Mexico. His Valley of Mexico series is notably the most famous of Mexican landscapes, painted in the European style. He received many international awards and exhibited in Paris, Philadelphia, and Chicago. He retired but still worked in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, now a district of Mexico
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atlantic ocean
bath House of the
pescaditos

bay
of havana

cactus
cliffs of the hill
of atzacoalco

flora and fauna
former convent of
san agustin

great comet
of 1882

industrialisation

mountainside of
tepotzotlan

oaxaca cathedra

pacho forest

pyramid of the sun

ravine of the dead

rincon grande
waterfall

road to chalco
self portrait
stream of tlaxcala

tepeyac pyru trees

the calvary

the popocatepetl and
the iztaccihuatl

the sculptor felipe
sojo

the
valley of mexico

valley fields

view
of the valley
