Domingo Valdivieso y Henarejos

By 1853, he had firmly decided on a career as a painter and quit his position. He also began to do lithography, providing illustrations for General Staff of the Spanish Army by and History of the Royal Spanish Navy by José Ferrer de Couto and . In 1861, he received a grant from the Diputación de Murcia to complete his studies in Paris and Rome, where he came under the influence of Eduardo Rosales and the Nazarene movement.

From there, he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, winning medals in 1862, 1864 and 1866, the year he became a Professor of anatomical painting at the San Fernando Academy. In 1871, he was awarded another medal at the Exhibition.

His best-known works deal with religious subjects, although he also created historical scenes, portraits, mythological scenes and costumbrista works; depicting Italy and Murcia. The largest collection of his paintings is at the (MUBAM).

He died in Madrid, aged only forty-two, from a cerebral inflammation.