Luis Egidio Meléndez belongs to the record of art as a figure whose work outlasted the taste that first received it.
The record lists Luis Egidio Meléndez as Spanish painter (1716-1780).
Luis Egidio Meléndez was born at Naples in 1716. His recorded nationality is Spain.
Academies set the rules in this period - what counted as a serious subject, and who was allowed to train.
He worked as painter.
His recorded movement is rococo.
His best-known work is Still-Life. Art history is a record of what got kept, which is not the same as what was best.
That the work was made in Spain shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Luis Egidio Meléndez died in 1780, aged 64. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Notable work: Still-Life
- Movement: Rococo
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