PEÑA SANTA DE CASTILLA PEINTE PAR CARLOS DE HAES

CARLOS DE HAES (1829-1898)
Peña Santa de Castilla (2,596m)
Espagne (León)

In Picos de Europa - Pena Santa de Castilla, Museo del Prado 

 

La montagne  

Dans le massif des  Picos de Europa (Pics d'Europe), il y a de nombreux sommets qui semblent inaccessibles, mais s'il y en a un qui mérite plus cette qualification, c'est  bien la Peña Santa de Castilla 2,596m). Cela n 'apparait dans le tableau de Haes pris sous un angle  plutôt aimable qui semble adoucir la minéralité et l'aridité du sommet relegué tout en haut du tableau comme quelque chose de lointain.
La Peña Santa dispose itinéraire d'escalade assez abordable à l 'aide de cordes. 

Le massif des  Picos de Europa, massif  le plus élevé de la cordillère Cantabrique, sont situés entre les provinces des Asturies, León et la Cantabrie, à une trentaine de kilomètres de la mer. Ils culminent au Torre de Cerredo, à 2 649 m. Les dimensions approximatives du massif sont de 40 km de longueur (est-ouest) par 20 km de large (nord-sud) et une superficie de 502 km2. Le 30 mai 1995 a été créé le Parc national des pics d'Europe, intégrant un parc national aux dimensions plus modestes existant depuis le 22 juillet 1918.

L'artiste
Le peintre espagnol Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes était connu pour le réalisme de ses paysages et était considéré comme le "premier artiste espagnol contemporain capable de capturer quelque chose de particulièrement espagnole dans son travail". Il a souvent été cité comme l'un des trois grands maîtres espagnols de la peinture de paysage. Dans les années 1850, Haes participa à l'essor de l'école réaliste du paysage. En 1857, il devint le premier professeur de peinture de paysage en Espagne qui enseigna la peinture sur le sujet, en plein air directement d'après nature. En 1860, il devint académicien à l'Académie royale espagnole. En 1876, il se présenta à l'Exposition nationale avec La Canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa ("Le canal de Mancorbo dans les Picos de Europa") acquis plus tard par l'État espagnol pour faire partie des collections du Museo del Prado, en raison de son importance dans l'Histoire de la peinture espagnole du paysage. 

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2023 - Wandering Vertexes ....
Errant au-dessus des Sommets Silencieux...
Un blog de Francis Rousseau  

PUERTO DE PAGARES PEINT PAR CARLOS DE HAES

 

 

CARLOS DE HAES (1829-1898)
Puerto de Pajares (1,378m - 4,520ft)
Espagne (Asturias)

La montagne
Puerto de Pajares (1 378 m - 4 520 pieds) est un col de montagne dans les montagnes cantabriques situé à Pajares, en Espagne. C'est la principale voie de communication par chemin de fer et route gratuite entre les Asturies, la province de León et le centre de l'Espagne. Il existe une autoroute privée alternative à péage, L'AP-66.réputée pour son brouillard persistant  pendant les nuits d'été et sa déclivité qui atteint  jusqu'à 17%,.

L'artiste
Le peintre espagnol Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes était connu pour le réalisme de ses paysages et était considéré comme le "premier artiste espagnol contemporain capable de capturer quelque chose de particulièrement espagnole dans son travail". Il a souvent été cité comme l'un des trois grands maîtres espagnols de la peinture de paysage. Dans les années 1850, Haes participa à l'essor de l'école réaliste du paysage.  En 1857, il devint le premier professeur de peinture de paysage en Espagne qui enseigna la peinture sur le sujet, en plein air directement d'après nature. En 1860, il devint académicien à l'Académie royale espagnole.  En 1876, il  se présenta à l'Exposition nationale avec La Canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa ("Le canal de Mancorbo dans les Picos de Europa") acquis plus tard par l'État espagnol pour faire partie des collections du Museo del Prado, en raison de son importance dans l'Histoire de la  peinture espagnole du paysage.

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2022 - Wandering Vertexes ....
            Errant au-dessus des Sommets Silencieux...
            Un blog de Francis Rousseau

 

PICOS DE EUROPA PAINTED BY CARLOS DE HAES

CARLOS DE HAES ( 1829-1898) 

Picos de Europa  (2,445 m - 8,022 ft)

Spain (Asturias) 

 In A canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa,1876, Museo nacional del Prado 

About he painting
The place that appears in this painting lies at the foot of mount Andara, on the eastern side of Picos de Europa, above the village of Argüébanes in the Cantabrian county of Liébana. Haes fits the landscape’s geographical features into a clear structure of diagonal lines that brings out the stony peak rising from the back of the canal at the center of the composition, and flanked by the slopes of the two foothills in the foreground. The peak projects a shadow on the left foothill, that contrasts with the brightly illuminated face of the right one.

The mountain 
 The Picos de la Europa   (2,445 m - 8,022 ft) is  a mountainous massif located in the north of Spain that belongs to the central part of the Cantabrian mountain range. Although not very extensive, its proximity to the sea makes it lavish in geographic features of great interest. Currently, the Picos de Europa National Park is the second most visited national park in Spain.
This limestone formation extends through Cantabria, León and the Principality of Asturias, and its heights stand out, in many cases above 2500 m, because of how close they are to the Cantabrian Sea, because at its northernmost point they are only a short distance away. 15 kilometers from the sea.

The painter 
The spanish painter Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, and was considered to be the "first contemporary Spanish artist able to capture something of a particularly Spanish 'essence' in his work". He was cited along with Jenaro Perez Villaamil and Aureliano de Beruete as one of the three Spanish grand masters of landscape painting, the latter of which was his pupil.
In the 1850s, Haes was involved in the rise of the Realist school of landscape. Coincidentally his landscape and wildlife paintings of the Monasterio de Piedra occurred at the time of an academic opening for the Painting School of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the selection to be made by a landscape competition. In 1857 he became the first professor of landscape painting, the first in Spain to teach painting directly from nature. In 1860, he became an Academic at the Royal Academy. In 1876, he presented at the National Exhibition with La Canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa ("The Canal of Mancorbo in the Picos de Europa") later acquired by the Spanish state to be part of the collection of the Museo del Prado, because of its significance as a realistic Spanish landscape painting.
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...
A blog by Francis Rousseau

PICO DE LES CABRONES BY CARLOS DE HAES

CARLOS DE HAES (1829-1898)

 Pico de los Cabrones (2,552 m - 8,372 ft) 

Spain (Asturias/León)

In Picos de Europa, oil on canvas, 1876, Museo nacional del Prado  

The mountain 
The Pico de los Cabrones (2,552 m-8,372ft) is a mountain in the north of Spain located in the Central massif of the Picos de Europa or massif of the Urrieles, in the division of the Principality of Asturias and the province of León. The first known ascent to the summit was made by Emilio Ribera Pou and Carlos Mier in 1933.  The silhouette of the peak of Los Cabrones, together with its spiers dominates spectacularly on the Jou de los Cabrones, where the mountain refuge of the same name located at 2100 m.
The summit is part of the ridge Cabrones-Cerredo (, one of the most alpine of the Picos de Europa, which connects the peak of Los Cabrones and the highest peak, the Torrecerredo peak of 2650 m. The first crossing to the ridge was completed by the Regil brothers on August 19, 1958.

The painter 
The spanish painter Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, and was considered to be the "first contemporary Spanish artist able to capture something of a particularly Spanish 'essence' in his work". He was cited along with Jenaro Perez Villaamil and Aureliano de Beruete as one of the three Spanish grand masters of landscape painting, the latter of which was his pupil.
In the 1850s, Haes was involved in the rise of the Realist school of landscape. Coincidentally his landscape and wildlife paintings of the Monasterio de Piedra occurred at the time of an academic opening for the Painting School of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the selection to be made by a landscape competition. In 1857 he became the first professor of landscape painting, the first in Spain to teach painting directly from nature. In 1860, he became an Academic at the Royal Academy. In 1876, he presented at the National Exhibition with La Canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa ("The Canal of Mancorbo in the Picos de Europa") later acquired by the Spanish state to be part of the collection of the Museo del Prado, because of its significance as a realistic Spanish landscape painting.
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2019 - Wandering Vertexes...

A blog by Francis Rousseau

TORRES DELLA CEBOLLEDA III PAINTED BY CARLOS DE HAES

CARLOS DE HAES ( 1829-1898) 

Torres della Cebolleda III  (2,445 m - 8,022 ft)

Spain (Asturias) 

 In Picos de Europa, oil on canvas, c. 1872-1875   Museo nacional del Prado 

The mountain 
Torre de Cebolleda III is located in the Western Massif of the Picos de Europa or Cornión, on the edge of the Asturian councils of Amieva and Cangas de Onís in the Cantabrian Mountains. It is the main and highest peak of the three towers called Torres de Cebolleda. The difficulty of his ascension is classified as something difficult higher. The normal itinerary starts from the Lakes of Covadonga and passes through the refuge of Vegarredonda.
Torre de CebolledaIII is part of the  The Picos de la Europa massif, a mountainous massif located in the north of Spain that belongs to the central part of the Cantabrian mountain range. Although not very extensive, its proximity to the sea makes it lavish in geographic features of great interest. Currently, the Picos de Europa National Park is the second most visited national park in Spain.
This limestone formation extends through Cantabria, León and the Principality of Asturias, and its heights stand out, in many cases above 2500 m, because of how close they are to the Cantabrian Sea, because at its northernmost point they are only a short distance away. 15 kilometers from the sea.

The painter 
The spanish painter Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, and was considered to be the "first contemporary Spanish artist able to capture something of a particularly Spanish 'essence' in his work". He was cited along with Jenaro Perez Villaamil and Aureliano de Beruete as one of the three Spanish grand masters of landscape painting, the latter of which was his pupil.
In the 1850s, Haes was involved in the rise of the Realist school of landscape. Coincidentally his landscape and wildlife paintings of the Monasterio de Piedra occurred at the time of an academic opening for the Painting School of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the selection to be made by a landscape competition. In 1857 he became the first professor of landscape painting, the first in Spain to teach painting directly from nature. In 1860, he became an Academic at the Royal Academy. In 1876, he presented at the National Exhibition with La Canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa ("The Canal of Mancorbo in the Picos de Europa") later acquired by the Spanish state to be part of the collection of the Museo del Prado, because of its significance as a realistic Spanish landscape painting.

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2018 - Wandering Vertexes...
A blog by Francis Rousseau

THE DOME DES NEIGES DES ECRINS PAINTED BY CARLOS DE HAES

CARLOS DE HAES (1829-1898)

Dôme de neige des Ecrins (4, 009 m  - 13,153 ft)

France (Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes) 

In Delfinado, oil on canvas, 1864,  Museo del Prado, Madrid

About this painting
In the  text of the Prado Museum about this painting, one can read :
 "To the left, bordered by bushes and shrubs, a path through which several cows pass and that goes towards the bottom of the valley in which the settlement of a population among the forest mass can be guessed. Closing the composition, the high heights of the Cordillera that runs along the Dauphiné  on whose summits persist snow patches that fade into the clarity of a clear sky dotted by some cloud."
 The painting recalls a summit of the Ecrins Bar range, possibly the Dôme de Neiges des Ecrins  (Ecrins snow dome) rather than the Ecrin bar itself...

The mountain 
The Domes de neige des Ecrins (Ecrins snow dome) (4,009 m - 13, 154ft ) is an alpine peak at the foot of the Écrins Bar, at the border between the French departments of Isère and Hautes-Alpes in the Dauphiné region (Delfinado in spanish). The Blanc glacier is surrounded by peaks allowing you to get acquainted with the high mountains before the ascent of this "4000" and acclimatize your body to the altitude. The climb is usually from the Ecrins refuge (3,170 m) and takes three to four hours for trained alpinists. It is a glacial race without technical difficulty, except for the crossing of the summit rimaye, random.
The current climb record is 1 h 57 from the Carle yard (1,874 m), made by Mathéo Jacquemoud in June 2011; it improves the record of Kílian Jornet dating from 2005. The record for round-trip skiing in mountain is 2 h 46 from the meadow of Madame Carle, directed by Steven Blanc in May 2014

The painter 
The spanish painter Carlos Sebastián Pedro Hubert de Haes was noted for the Realism in his landscapes, and was considered to be the "first contemporary Spanish artist able to capture something of a particularly Spanish 'essence' in his work". He was cited along with Jenaro Perez Villaamil and Aureliano de Beruete as one of the three Spanish grand masters of landscape painting, the latter of which was his pupil.
In the 1850s, Haes was involved in the rise of the Realist school of landscape. Coincidentally his landscape and wildlife paintings of the Monasterio de Piedra occurred at the time of an academic opening for the Painting School of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, the selection to be made by a landscape competition. In 1857 he became the first professor of landscape painting, the first in Spain to teach painting directly from nature. In 1860, he became an Academic at the Royal Academy. In 1876, he presented at the National Exhibition with La Canal de Mancorbo en los Picos de Europa ("The Canal of Mancorbo in the Picos de Europa") later acquired by the Spanish state to be part of the collection of the Museo del Prado, because of its significance as a realistic Spanish landscape painting.

2018 - Wandering Vertexes...
A blog by Francis Rousseau

AITXURI PAINTED BY VALENTIN DE ZUBIAURRE

VALENTIN DE ZUBIAURRE (1879-1963)

Aitxuri (1, 551m- 5, 088 ft)

Spain (Basque country) 

The mountain 

The Aitxuri, Atxuri or Aitz txuri (1, 551m- 5,088 ft) is a mountain belonging to the Basque Mountains range  It is located in the province of Guipuscoa, Basque Country (Spain).

Located in the Aizkorri massif, it is the highest peak of the latter. By the mid-1980s, its neighbor Aketegi was considered the highest point of the massif, but measurements at that time revealed that the Aitxuri was about 3 meters higher.

The altitude of 1,551 m is the highest of all the Cantabrian Basque Cordillera, from the foothills of the Cantabrian mountain range to the Pyrenees. The importance of this summit comes from its prominence1 which is 943 m and the class as the 36th of the peninsular mountains. If it is not the highest mountain in the whole Basque Country, it is the one with the most prominent prominence.

Etymologically Aitxuri means "white rock", and comes from the Basque words Aitz ("rock") and txuri ("white").

Like the rest of the summits that form the Aitzkorri massif, the Aitxuri is made up of limestone rocks, and it rises on the territories of Urbia in its southern part, and on Goierri by the north. At its feet is the town of Zegama, whose roads and railroad tracks stand out perfectly.

The summits that surround it are of almost equivalent heights, with the peculiarity that the one that gives its name to the mountain is the smallest of them.

The routes are numerous for the ascent of this mountain, and almost all common to Aizkorri and Aketegi.

The artist

Valentin de Zubiaurre  Spanish painter,  born deaf and dumb, as was his brother Ramуn de Zubiaurre, also a painter, three years younger than him. Both were children of the musical composer Valentin de Zubiaurre Urionabarrenechea. Originally from the Basque town of Garay, the Zubiaurre family lived in the capital of Spain, where the father had come to occupy the position obtained as musical teacher in the chapel of the Royal Palace. In spite of the great paternal desire that some of his children continue with the musical vocation, the fatality they both wanted to be born deaf.

Valentin began his studies at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in 1894, continuing later with the painters Muсoz Degrain and Alejandro Ferrant and Carlos de Haes. In 1898 he made a trip through the Netherlands  France and Italy to complete his training.

Valentin de Zubiaurre cultivated a painting, in which the Basque and Castilian themes proliferated, where the solidity of the figures was interpenetrated with a deep sense of color. It was not easy for him to get official recognition. At a time when naturalism and impressionism were the dominant trends, Zubiaurre made a more intellectual painting, combining on the one hand the mastery of his art with the intellectual elaboration of the idea. He was also blamed for having fallen into the vice of repetitive repetition of certain types and compositions once he gained a certain popularity, elaborating again and again the same formulas.

For years, the erroneous belief that the Zubiaurre brothers shared the making of their paintings, both working on the same work, was maintained. Nothing of this is true; It is true that they started from a similar aesthetic norm and that they dealt with a similar variety of subjects, but the results of both brothers were substantially different. In Valentin's painting there is predominating a certain melancholy that is not present in the paintings of Ramуn. In the words of José Ortega y Gasset , his work is "a lyrical inventory of Basque existence". 

His work is found in several Spanish museums, such as the Carmen Thyssen Museum Malaga, where the Basque Coast at sunset (1949) and Landscape at sunset with dantzaris (undated) are exhibited, an example of Basque regionalist painting, resolved through a flat composition and the use of cold colors, characteristics of Zubiaurre's style. 

In  Euskal mendiak (Las montañas vascas), 1950, Oil on canvas, Bilab aFine art Musueul, Spain