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'''José López de Victoria''' (1869-1930) was a [[Puerto Ricans|Puerto Rican]] painter. Known primarily as a portraitist, López de Victoria painted many important intellectuals and politicians from the island. His works can be found at the [[Museum of Art of Puerto Rico|Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico]], [[Institute of Puerto Rican Culture|Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña]] and the University of Puerto Rico Museum of History, Anthropology and Art.<ref name=":0"> Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico|url=https://www.mapr.org/en/museum/proa/artist/lopez-de-victoria-jose|access-date=2020-11-30|website=www.mapr.org}}</ref>
== Career ==
José López de Victoria was born in 1869, although not much is known about his early life. It is unknown if he received a formal training in art. While he is known as a renowned portraitist, he also created a series of landscape painting that experimented with [[color theory]]. He painted many important Puerto Rican intellectuals and cultural figures like [[Cayetano Coll y Toste]], [[Luis Muñoz Rivera]], [[José Gautier Benítez]], [[Eugenio María de Hostos]], [[José Severo Quiñones]], [[Manuel Zeno Gandía]], [[Francisco Oller]], [[Genaro Cautiño Vázquez]] and others.<ref></ref> He won an award from the [[Ateneo Puertorriqueño]] in 1913. In 1925 he was commissioned by the [[United States government|United States Government]] to paint portraits of [[George Washington]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]], which hung in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol Building]].<ref name=":0" />
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[[Category:Puerto Rican artists]]
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== Career ==
José López de Victoria was born in 1869, although not much is known about his early life. It is unknown if he received a formal training in art. While he is known as a renowned portraitist, he also created a series of landscape painting that experimented with [[color theory]]. He painted many important Puerto Rican intellectuals and cultural figures like [[Cayetano Coll y Toste]], [[Luis Muñoz Rivera]], [[José Gautier Benítez]], [[Eugenio María de Hostos]], [[José Severo Quiñones]], [[Manuel Zeno Gandía]], [[Francisco Oller]], [[Genaro Cautiño Vázquez]] and others.<ref></ref> He won an award from the [[Ateneo Puertorriqueño]] in 1913. In 1925 he was commissioned by the [[United States government|United States Government]] to paint portraits of [[George Washington]] and [[Calvin Coolidge]], which hung in the [[United States Capitol|Capitol Building]].<ref name=":0" />
== Citations ==
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[[Category:Puerto Rican artists]]
[[Category:1869 births]]
[[Category:1930 deaths]]
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