Artist: Francisco Pacheco (1564 - 1644)
Nationality: Spanish
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Media: Painting
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Biography:
Francisco Pacheco worked in Seville and was interested in many aspects of culture, including academics, poetry and paintings. His home was the center of many artistic activities and meetings. His painting style was rigid and traditional and he produced mainly portraits and religious subjects. Pacheco was also an influential teacher, serving as the mentor to Velazquez who later became his son-in-law. He also taught Alonso Cano. Pacheco’s book, Art de la pintura was published in 1649, five years after his death.

Artworks in Museum Collections: (3)
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Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco -
Fernando Castro Pacheco, Yarn Making, 20th century
The Metropolitan Museum of Art -
Academie de l"espee; ou se domonstrent par reigles mathématiques sur le fondement d"un cercle mystérieux,
Museum of Fine Arts -
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez, Spanish, 1599-1660 Luis de Gongora y Argote 1622 Oil

Artnews Articles and Exhibition Information: (6)
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Mappin Art Gallery: Ana Maria Pacheco
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Haunch of Venison: Must I Paint You a Picture? Six London-Based Artists
The artists’ showing in Must I Paint You a Picture? are all fascinated by the process of painting and their works constitute attempts to create images that work pictorially while, in the process, investigating how this is possible. Through refer...
Axis: National Register of Contemporary Visual Artists
The Axis stores the information on a database - the Axis database. They provide the information about the artists to anyone who might want to contact them for commissions, exhibitions or study. They are funded by the Arts Councils of England, Sc...
Crewest Gallery: Undocumented Ground: L.A. Photographic Visionaries
The artists featured are: Andres Pacheco, Aya Muto, B+ aka Brian Cross, Ben Higa, Diana McClure, Eriberto Oriol, Eric Coleman, Estevan Oriol, Eyeone, Galo ìMAKEî Canote, Gustavo Alberto Garcia Vaca, Hamztz, James Prigoff, Kevin Ramos, Luna One, Ma...
Public Art Observatory Congress, Lisbon 2002: Call for Papers: Inclusivity - A Challenge for Public Art and Urban Design
The 2002 conference, aimed at a range of practitioners, researchers and other business stakeholders, will bring together an international, interdisciplinary audience in order to share knowledge and experience. Papers are invited on any of the key...
Frick Collection: Unprecedented Gathering of Six Major Paintings by Velázquez
Velázquez in New York Museums is the only homage to the artist that is being offered by an American museum during 1999, the internationally celebrated year marking the anniversary of his birth. Curating the exhibition is Jonathan ...

Further Artwork and Information:

Francisco Pacheco y su Pueblo
Biografía - Pacheco, Francisco
Joaquín Francisco Pacheco
Francisco Pacheco -- Encyclopædia Britannica
Francisco Pacheco
Musée Goya: Francisco Pacheco
Imagen - Francisco Pacheco (?)
Musèu Goya : Francisco Pacheco
IES FRANCISCO PACHECO
FRANCISCO PACHECO

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