"The Musician", Joaquín Agrasot (Orihuela, 1836-Valencia, 1919), Valencian school from...

"The Musician", Joaquín Agrasot (Orihuela, 1836-Valencia, 1919), Valencian school from the 19th century

Oil on canvas, signed. Measurements: 70 x 50 cm. Framed measurements: 100 x 80 cm. Joaquín Agrasot Juan (Orihuela, December 24, 1836-Valencia, January 8, 1919) was a Spanish painter, framed in the realist and costumbrista genre. Currently, the Prado Museum keeps in its collection two works by the painter Oriolano. Likewise, the Carmen Thyssen Museum in the city of Malaga and the Museum of Fine Arts in Valencia have paintings by Agrasot in their collections. Special mention should be made of the Palace of the Senate of Spain, which houses the painting "Death of the Marqués del Duero", and the Pedrera Martínez Collection, which contains more than eighty paintings by the 19th-century master. Agrasot's style falls within pictorial realism, being interested in gender issues and regional costumbrismo, without abandoning the nude, oriental themes and portraits. Obliged by fashion, he also worked on history paintings that could be successful in the official channels of nineteenth-century Spanish art. The influence of his good friend Fortuny was decisive in his painting.