Joaquín Agrasot [SEP] place of death
Joaquín Agrasot
Joaquín Agrasot y Juan (24 December 1836 – 8 January 1919) was a Spanish painter of the Realistic style who produced many works in the Costumbrismo genre.
Biography.
Agrasot was born in Orihuela. His studies began in his home town and, in 1856, he received a fellowship from the "Diputación Provincial de Alicante", the local government. He then enrolled at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia, where he studied with the art restorer Francisco Martínez Yago (1814
in the organization of the split of a group of artists. He also took part in a tribute to Ignacio Pinazo Camarlench. In 1913 it is proclaimed president of the section of celebrations of the Circle of Fine Arts. A year later promotes president of the Painting section of the Circle of Fine Arts.
In 1916 his friend Jose Benlliure Ortiz dies. In 1919 his great friend Joaquín Agrasot dies, too.
The "pintura costumbrista" style, that had rooted in the central years of the 19th century and principles