Ramón Sagredo Explained
Ramón Sagredo (1834–1870) was a 19th-century Mexican painter and photographer who worked under the patronage of Emperor Maximilian and decorated the former cupola of "La Profesa" with the Catalan master Pelegrí Clavé.
Trained at San Carlos Academy from 1854 to 1859, he received praise for his Jesus on the road to Emmaus (including a positive review by Cuba's national poet José Martí).[2] Under sponsorship of Maximilian of Mexico, he went on to decorate Iturbide Hall at the Imperial Palace (current Ambassador's Hall at the National Palace) with a full-length, posthumous portrait of Vicente Guerrero.[3] He also worked with Clavé on the former cupola of La Profesa (ravaged by a fire in January 1914)[4] and at San Carlos' galleries.
By the end of the Reform War, his personal finances were dwindling. Following the example of many of his contemporaries, he ventured into photography by painting over photographic enlargements for a fraction of the cost of paintings.[5] According to an 1862 newspaper article quoted by Oliver Debroise:
Later on, as a photographer, he formed short-lived associations with Luis Veraza (1864), for whom he started coloring at Espíritu Santo 17 ½; and the Valleto brothers (Sagredo, Valleto y Ca.,1865) at Vergara 7, before setting up his own studio in the Mexican capital.[6] [7]
He commits suicide on June 2, 1870, due to his passion for Maura Ogazón and Rubio, sister of Governor Pedro Ogazón Rubio.[8]
Selected works
- Jesús en el camino a Emaús (Jesus on the road to Emmaus) shown at the gallery of the Palace of Fine Arts in Mexico City.[9] [10]
- La muerte de Sócrates (The Death of Socrates), exhibited at the National Museum of San Carlos.[11]
- Ismael abandonado en el desierto (Ishmael Abandoned in the Desert), exhibited at the Querétaro Museum of Art.[12]
Notes and References
- Book: Enciclopedia de México. Álvarez, José Rogelio. Enciclopedia de México. 1993. 2. Edición especial para Encyclopædia Britannica de México. XII. 7081. 968-457-180-1. 28982138. Spanish.
- Web site: Martí crítico de arte. Vázquez Pérez. Marlene. Spanish. 2009-04-18.
- Book: Báez, Eduardo. La pintura militar de México en el siglo XIX. Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional. Mexico City. 1992. 46. 978-968-6285-65-9. 29319186. Spanish.
- Web site: Iglesia San José el Real, La Profesa. Instituto de Administración y Avalúos de Bienes Nacionales. Spanish. 2009-04-19.
- Book: Debroise, Oliver. Mexican Suite: A History of Photography in Mexico. University of Texas Press. Austin, TX. 2001. 31–32. 978-0-292-71611-7. 249945646. 2009-04-17.
- Book: Aguilar Ochoa, Arturo. La fotografía durante el Imperio de Maximiliano. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. Mexico City. 1996. 161. 978-968-36-4505-0 . 253917303. 2009-04-17 . Spanish.
- Book: Negrete Álvarez, Claudia . Valleto Hermanos: fotógrafos mexicanos de entresiglos. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. Mexico City. 2006. 1. 37–38. De Veracruz a México. 978-970-32-3164-5. 150855436. https://books.google.com/books?id=jinKtgUe_ccC&pg=PA37. 2009-04-17. Spanish.
- Sergio Estrada Reynoso (2014) Tesis de maestría en Historia https://www.academia.edu/29398423/RAMON_SAGREDO_CARRE%C3%91O_PINTOR_Y_FOTOGRAFO_1834_1870_
- Sergio Estrada Reynoso https://www.academia.edu/18179433/El_Emma%C3%BAs_de_Sagredo_mas%C3%B3n
- Web site: José Justo Montiel: Un pintor desconocido de mediados del siglo XIX. Fernández. Justino. Anales del Instituto de Investigaciones Estéticas. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México. Spanish. 2009-04-18.
- Book: Reformismo y progreso en América (1840-1905). Hernández Sánchez-Barba, Mario . Rialp. Madrid. 1989. 473. El arte hispanoamericano y sus tendencias. 978-84-321-2119-7 . . .. 20981075. https://books.google.com/books?id=wnMrNQgfXUkC&pg=PA473. 2009-04-19. Spanish.
- Web site: Museo de Arte de Querétaro . Academy of San Carlos Collection . 2009-04-19 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090326015454/http://www.museodeartequeretaro.com/index3.html . March 26, 2009 .
