Bernardino Montañés

Bernardino Montañés y Perez (20 May 1825 – 6 January 1893) was an Aragonese painter.

Early life Montañés was born in Zaragoza on 20 May 1825. later, at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. In 1848, the government of Isabella II granted him a scholarship to complete his artistic training in Rome from 1848 to 1852. While in Rome, he became friends with fellow artists Felipe Moratilla, Carlos Múgica, Francisco Lameyer, Francisco Jareño, Patricio Patiño and Miguel Floyxench. He also served as curator of the Zaragoza Museum for several years. both in Madrid, and in the collection of the Provincial Deputation of Zaragoza.

Paintings in the Prado Museum

Personal life

Montañés died on 6 January 1893.