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Fernando Alvarez De Sotomayor

Fernando Alvarez De Sotomayor (1875 - 1960) was active/lived in Spain.  Fernando Sotomayor is known for Paintings, museum professional.

Álvarez de Sotomayor visited the Colegio Mª Cristina in El Escorial and at the age of 10 years was the only person to draw a portrait of King Alfonso XII in his death bed (the drawing still belongs to the painter's family) and participated in courses of philosophy and literature in Madrid. In 1899 he achieved a scholarship to continue his studies in Rome, where he lived for four years. Before his return to Spain in 1904, he visited France, Belgium and the Netherlands.

He married Pilar de Castro. They had seven children. Around 1910 he moved to Chile, where he held the chair of coloration and composition at the art school and became director of it. In 1915, the family returned to Spain. Back in Madrid, he was nominated court painter of Alfonso XIII. In 1922 he became director of the Museo del Prado and member of the Escuela de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

As director of the Museo del Prado, he was in charge until 1931 when he was obliged to leave the post due to the ris   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 1936 characters.]  Artist bio

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