José de Ibarra
(Guadalajara de la Nueva Galicia, 1688-Mexico City, 1756) Mexican painter.He was a disciple of Juan Correa and was influenced by Cristóbal de Villalpando and Juan Rodríguez Juárez.He was one of the most famous and prolific painters of the viceroyalty.With the exception of his Self-portrait , more vigorous, his painting is soft palette and easy to draw.
Virgen del Apocalipsis , by José de Ibarra
He cultivated, above all, religious painting, centered on the cathedral from Mexico.For the cathedral of Puebla, he made sets such as the one formed by The Immaculate , The Assumption , The invocation of Mary by Jesus the Child and the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament , located around the choir.For the metropolitan cathedral of Mexico he made, among others, the paintings of the altarpiece in the chapel of the Immaculate Conception.In the chapel of San José, of the Jesuit novitiate of Tepotzotlán, are the Patrimony of San José , the Transit of San José and The flight to Egypt .
His entire professional life was marked by his interest in participating together with his colleagues in all those initiatives dedicated to protecting the intellectual components of the art of painting.This led him to be part of a painting academy organized by the Rodríguez Juárez brothers and to collaborate with Miguel Cabrera in all his initiatives related to this subject.
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