Elena Brockmann Explained

Elena Brockmann
Birth Date:2 November 1867 [1]
Birth Place:Madrid
Death Place:Madrid
Nationality:Spanish

Francisca María Brockmann y Llanos (1867–1946)[1] was a Spanish historical painter.Brockmann was born in Madrid as the granddaughter of Fanny Keats (the sister of the poet), whose portrait she painted. Her uncle Juan Llanos y Keats gave her painting lessons and she also studied with the history painter José Benlliure y Gil, where she was influenced by Joaquin Sorolla. She won awards in 1887 and 1892 at the Exposiciones Nacionales de Bellas Artes.[2]

Her painting Outside a Roman Hostelry was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Fernando Alcolea, Biography of Elena Brockmann y Llanos (in Spanish)
  2. http://nmwa.org/explore/artist-profiles/elena-brockmann Elena Brockman
  3. Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905