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Zurbarán

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Zur·ba·rán  (zrbä-rän, thr-), Francisco de 1598-1664.
Spanish painter noted for his simple naturalism. His works include still lifes and religious scenes, such as The Adoration of the Shepherds (1638).

Zurbarán (Spanish) [θurβaˈran]
n
(Biographies / Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) M, Spanish, ARTS AND CRAFTS: painter) Francisco de (franˈθisko de). 1598-1664, Spanish Baroque painter, esp of religious subjects


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His palette—smoldering, dusky, elegiac and occasionally punctuated by vibrant tones—points to the blacks, grays and tans found in the paintings of Goya, Zurbarán and Velázquez.
Among the defining treasures of the Hispanic Society are top-of-the-line canvases by El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Zurbarán and Francisco de Goya y Lucientes.
The photos beg comparison with painterly precedents, bringing to mind the art of Zurbarán and any number of "little masters" of 17th-century Dutch still-life painting.
 
 
 
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