Bartolomé Esteban Murillo- Someone that every artist must know

Bartolomé Esteban Murillo- Someone that every artist must know

It is quite rare that anyone in India, who is not much into History and its past would even know about this great gentlemen. Well, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo is one of the most renowned painters who is known for his Baroque Art Work. He was born on December 1617 and lived till the age of 65 years. It is said that Murillo was more famous for his religious works but none the less his paintings and the artworks were quite magnificent. Some of his famous artworks included the contemporary painting of Women and Children.

Murillo is known to express his thoughts through the paintings. All his paintings depicted the real-life scenarios that existed during that era. The real-life portraits consisted of street urchins, beggars as well as flower girls. Through his Baroque paintings, we can clearly view the way people would have lived their lives during the 1600s. Seville, City of Spain regards Murillo as one of the greatest artists to be ever lived. Bartolomé Esteban Murillo was born to Gaspar Estaban and Maria Parez. Murillo's father was a barber and a surgeon. His parents died in the year 1627-1628 and from then on he became a ward for his sister's husband Juan Agustin Lagares.

One of his greatest artwork was the painting with the theme of Roman Charity that was based on the chapter of Valerius Maximus which describes how a daughter saved her dying father. As the story states, the father was judged guilty and was sentenced for starvation for life. During this period her daughter used to visit her regularly. As the man was quite old, people thought that he would not even make it a week or two in the prison and will die of hunger. But as it turns out, the old man survived for more than 6 months. People were really astonished to find that the man could stay alive for such a long period. During this period, the old man's daughter used to visit her at his prison. As she wanted her father to be alive and stay with her for a longer period of time, the young girl provided her father with the suckle straight from her breasts. One can say that it is one of the greatest artistic depiction of the father's Love being depicted through the art.