Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa
Appearance
Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa (1875, Rome – 1934, Madrid) was a Spanish painter working mostly in and around Madrid, although he also spent some time in Paris.
He was part of a famous family of Spanish artists which included his father Raimundo de Madrazo, his uncle Ricardo de Madrazo, his grandfather, Federico de Madrazo, and his great grandfather José de Madrazo.[1]
He worked together with Jean Cocteau to write a ballet, Le Dieu bleu (The Blue God), in 1912 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.[2] Music for the ballet was composed by Reynaldo Hahn. He also painted Cocteau's most familiar portrait.
References
[edit]- ^ "Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: Collections". smu.edu. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
- ^ "Marcel Proust et Mariano Fortuny Soie Velours Robes Chales Reynaldo Hahn Venise e-Venise.com". e-venise.com. 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.