Madrazo

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[1] [2] [3] Madrazo is a Spanish surname and sometimes uses as "Maderazo" in the Philippines and US:

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Meaning

"Madrazo" comes from the Valles Pasiegos in Cantabria and Espinosa de los Monteros in Burgos, northern Spain. [4] The origin of the name is unknown but in Spanish and Portuguese it is understood to refer the process by which the second wife of widower man takes care of the children of the deceased first wife.[ citation needed ]

Spanish artists

In Spain, the name Madrazo is strongly associated with an important dynasty of artists. Members of the Madrazo family literally dominated 19th-century painting in Spain. [5] Don Jose de Madrazo y Agudo was a noted painter and teacher who became the Director of the Prado Museum in 1838. His sons were Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz (1815–1894), a painter; Luis de Madrazo y Kuntz (1838–1894), a painter; Pedro de Madrazo y Kuntz (1816–1898), an art critic and Juan de Madrazo y Kuntz, an architect; while his grandsons were Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta (1841–1920), a painter and Ricardo de Madrazo y Garreta (1852–1917), also a painter. His grand-daughter, Cecilia de Madrazo y Garreta married the celebrated Orientalist artist, Mariano Fortuny (1838–1874). [6]

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References

  1. German & Carmen Inc. garcia2021
  2. LegacyBook:El German y Carmen Madrazo de Tetuan, Ciudad de Zamboanga by El Shelico 2022
  3. LibrodeAppelidos1890
  4. Heráldica de Cantabria (in Spanish) Archived 2010-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Los Madrazo, una familia de artistas: [Exhibition], Museo Municipal, 1985 [catálogo de la exposición, tapa del libro]
  6. Caso, E.D., Les Orientalistes de l'école Espagnole, ACR edition, 1997, p. 158