José María de Azcárate

José María de Azcárate
Born	José María de Azcárate y Ristori (1919-04-18)18 April 1919 Vigo, Spain
Died	18 July 2001(2001-07-18) (aged 82) Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Art history publications and research

José María de Azcárate y Ristori (18 April 1919 – 18 July 2001) was a Spanish art historian, author, researcher, curator, and professor, specializing in medieval Castilian art and Renaissance sculpture.

Biography

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]

Awards and memberships

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]

References

1. "Azcárate y Ristori, José María". Museo Nacional del Prado (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-26.
2. de La Morena Bartolomé, Aurea (2001). "Semblance and memory of the teacherJosé M.t1 de Azcárate y Ristori". Annals of Art History (in Spanish). II: 9–14. ISSN 0214-6452.
3. "Azcárate Ristori, José María (1919-2001)". PARES (in European Spanish). Ministry of Culture and Sports, Spanish Government. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
4. "José María de Azcárate, historiador del Arte". El País (in Spanish). 2001-07-19. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 2018-11-26.
5. "Azcárate, José María de". Dictionary of Art Historians. Archived from the original on 2012-07-23.
6. "Doctor honoris causa: José María de Azcárate y Rístori". web.ua.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2018-11-26.