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JOSÉ MORENO CARBONERO (Málaga, 1860 - Madrid, 1942). "Coast". Oil on canvas. It has scratches on the pictorial surface. Signed in the lower right corner. Measurements: 58 x 99 cm. Known for his works with historical themes, although to a lesser extent Moreno Carbonero also dedicated part of his artistic production to the cultivation of the landscape. In these works the author was greatly influenced by the luminosity of his native land, and even by his stay in Morocco, which was so important in the artist's life. Moreno Carbonero, today considered the last of the great 19th-century history painters, began his training with the painter Bernardo Ferrándiz and at the San Telmo School of Fine Arts in Malaga. In 1873 he made a trip to Morocco, where he painted Orientalist themes in the manner of Fortuny. In 1875 the Malaga provincial council awarded him a grant to travel to Paris, where he entered the studio of Jean-Léon Gérome and became acquainted with the famous art dealer Adolphe Goupil. In 1881 he moved to Rome on a scholarship. Throughout his career he received official commissions such as those from the Spanish Senate (1888) and the Argentinean government (1910). He was also a professor of life drawing at the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts in Madrid, of which he later became a member. He submitted works to numerous exhibitions and competitions, winning prizes such as the gold medal at the Liceo Exhibition in Malaga in 1872 and, at the National Exhibitions, third medal in 1876, second in 1878 and first in 1881 and 1884, as well as a decoration in 1899. In 1888 he won the top prize at the Vatican Exhibition and took part in the International Exhibitions in Munich and Vienna. He also received other prizes abroad, such as a second medal at the Paris Universal in 1889, a large gold medal at the Budapest International in 1890, a diploma of honour at the Berlin Universal in 1891 and a single medal at the Chicago Universal in 1893. His individual exhibitions include three tribute exhibitions held at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, the Sociedad de Amigos del Arte and the Agrupación Artística de Castro Gil. He is represented in the Prado Museum, the High General Staff in Madrid, the University of Santiago de Compostela, the Spanish Consulate in Paris, the Provincial Fine Arts Museum in Malaga, and the Fine Arts Museums of Salamanca, Seville and Jaen.