Born on November 2~ Elena Brockmann

Elena Francisca María Brockmann y Llanos (November 2, 1867-January 26, 1946) was a very successful Spanish history painter. Her uncle Juan Llanos Y Keats (the poet’s nephew) was an artist and her first painting teacher.
Biography on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elena_Brockmann

A Procession Passing through the Cloister of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo
by Elena Brockmann / c.1892 / Oil on canvas / 98-4/5″x72-2/5″
On permanent loan from the Museo Nacional del Prado to Hospital Real, University of Granada

“John Keats and the Spanish Connection”:
https://londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2021/02/23/john-keats-and-the-spanish-connection/

Further reading:
https://nmwa.org/art/artists/elena-brockmann/
https://arthistoryproject.com/artists/elena-brockmann/
“Elena Brockmann, the woman who painted like men” Google translation: https://bit.ly/3pXzafH

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