Eugenio Lucas Villaamil

EUGENIO LUCAS VILLAAMIL (Madrid, 1858-1919)
"After the banquet".
Oil on canvas.
Size: 22,5 x 36 cm; 40 x 52,5 cm (frame).
Eugenio Lucas Villaamil was a Spanish painter, Knight of the Order of Carlos III. Son of the painter Eugenio Lucas Velázquez and Francisca Villaamil, he began his artistic training in his father's workshop and continued his studies at the Special School of Painting in Madrid. He took part in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts with Italian works. His paintings maintain the influence of the characteristics of his father's, with the repetition of Goyaesque themes, resolved with great compositional skill and joy of colour. He also copied various themes from the Aragonese painter, as can be seen in his works Entrada a los toros, Sol ("Entrance to the Bulls, Sun", 1885) and Salida de los toros, lluvia ("Exit from the Bulls, Rain", 1885), works set in a traditional Madrid, featuring majas and chisperos, of great picturesqueness and popular flavour. His work En el palco ("In the Box"), in which he brings together various devices tried out by his father in some of his canvases, stands out in this thematic line. In addition to the bullfighting themes, there are numerous paintings by "Casacones" such as Baile en palacio ("Dancing in the Palace") of 1894 and El mago en palacio ("The Magician in the Palace") of 1894, in which he depicts ornate rococo-style palace settings. He was a skilled copyist of some of Goya's paintings, those kept in the Prado, and was protected by the well-known collector José Lázaro Galdiano. He had a truly versatile style and was unquestionably creative. He also executed portraits, such as the children's group of the García de Palencia brothers. In addition to applying all his skill in the handling of light with its reflections and contrasts, he demonstrated his mastery in the treatment of masses of people in movement.


Eugenio Lucas Villaamil was a Spanish painter, Knight of the Order of Charles III. The son of the painter Eugenio Lucas Velázquez and Francisca Villaamil, he began his artistic training in his father's studio and continued his studies at the Special School of Painting in Madrid. He took part in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts with Italian works. His paintings maintain the influence of the characteristics of his father's, with the repetition of Goyaesque themes, resolved with great compositional skill and joy of colour. He also copied various themes from the Aragonese painter, as can be seen in his works Entrada a los toros, Sol ("Entrance to the Bulls, Sun", 1885) and Salida de los toros, lluvia ("Exit from the Bulls, Rain", 1885), works set in a traditional Madrid, featuring majas and chisperos, of great picturesqueness and popular flavour. His work En el palco ("In the Box"), in which he brings together various devices tried out by his father in some of his canvases, stands out in this thematic line. In addition to the bullfighting themes, there are numerous paintings by "Casacones" such as Baile en palacio ("Dancing in the Palace") of 1894 and El mago en palacio ("The Magician in the Palace") of 1894, in which he depicts ornate rococo-style palace settings. He was a skilled copyist of some of Goya's paintings, those kept in the Prado, and was protected by the well-known collector José Lázaro Galdiano. He had a truly versatile style and was unquestionably creative. He also executed portraits, such as the children's group of the García de Palencia brothers. In addition to applying all his skill in the handling of light with its reflections and contrasts, he demonstrated his mastery in the treatment of masses of people in movement.

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