Domingo Muñoz

Domingo Muñoz Cuesta (1850, Madrid - 9 August 1935, Madrid) was a Spanish painter and illustrator; best known for genre scenes and historical period pieces, mostly on military themes.

Domingo Muñoz; caricature by Ramón Cilla
The Sword Sharpener

Biography

He received his artistic instruction at the " Special School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving", a satellite school of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. His primary instructor there was Francisco Domingo Marqués.[1] During the 1880s, he studied at various schools in Rome.

The first works he made public were his caricatures, for El Mundo Cómico (1876) and his drawings for La Ilustración Militar and La Ilustración Española y Americana. He won an award in a contest sponsored by the latter.[2]

Later, he participated in exhibits at the "Sociedad La Acuarela" (watercolors), Círculo de Bellas Artes, and at the Hernández Galleries. He also did illustrations for the edition of Gil Blas de Santillana, published by the Casa Editorial La Maravilla.[2]

He was married to the painter, María Luisa de la Riva.[3]

References
  1. "Muñoz Cuesta, Domingo (1850-1935)", Biblioteca Nacional de España, [http://datos.bne.es/persona/XX1528839.html Online
  2. Ossorio y Bernard, Manuel, "Muñoz (D. Domingo)", Galería biográfica de artistas españoles del siglo XIX, Madrid: Imprenta de Moreno y Rojas, 1883/84
  3. "Notas de Arte", obituary in La Época Online

Further reading
  • "El pintor Domingo Muñoz ha fallecido" (obituary) Heraldo de Madrid, 9 January 1935 Online
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