José María de Azcárate | |
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Born | José María de Azcárate y Ristori 18 April 1919 Vigo, Spain |
Died | 18 July 2001 Madrid, Spain | (aged 82)
Nationality | Spanish |
Known for | Art history publications and research |
José María de Azcárate y Ristori (1919–2001) was a Spanish art historian, author, researcher, curator, and professor, specializing in medieval Castilian art and Renaissance sculpture.
Born 18 April 1919 in Vigo, in the province of Pontevedra, Spain. [1] His father was a sailor and early in his son's life he moved the family to Cádiz, Spain. [2] He studied at University of Seville and at University of Madrid in the subjects of Philosophy and Literature, eventually earning a doctorate from University of Madrid. [1] He was disciple of Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martinez. [3]
Azcárate authored many art history books, including a History of Art, also known as El Azcárate, used by many students studying philosophy and letters. [4] He also authored the thirteenth volume of Ars Hispaniae; historia universal del arte hispánico (1949), a book series on the art history of Spain. [5]
Azcárate was the Chair of History of Medieval Art at Complutense University of Madrid from 1973, until his death in 2001. [4] He died at the age of 82 on 18 July 2001, of a heart attack at his home in Madrid, Spain. [4] He was buried in a cemetery in Almudena. [4]
In 1974, he joined membership to the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts with the topic "El protogótico hispánico" and he was additionally a member of the royal academies of Valladolid, Seville, Toledo, A Coruña, Cadiz and Barcelona. [3]
He was awarded with the National Prize for Literature (Spain) by Alonso Berruguete in 1961. [3] The University of Alicante awarded Azcárate with an honorary doctorate degree in 1991. [6]