José Felipe Parra

JOSÉ FELIPE PARRA PIQUER (Valencia, 1824 - 1864); second half of the XIX century.
"Still life with fruits".
Oil on canvas.
Presents patch on the back.
Signed in the lower right corner.
Measurements: 106 x 79 cm, 131 x 103 cm (frame).
Painter specialized in the still life and the pictures of flowers, Jose Felipe Parra was also known by his painting of historical subject, emphasizing specially his canvas "Carlos V picks up the fallen brush to Tiziano", conserved in the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia. Son of Miguel Parra, an outstanding painter of flowers and still lifes and painter of Fernando VII's chamber, he studied at the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia. When he was only thirteen years old he began to stand out as a flower painter, and during his student years he obtained several prizes in all academic disciplines, being finally named academician of merit in 1843. His pictorial work is generally sober in color, characterized by a very correct drawing and reveals a deep influence of the Baroque still life painters, especially Spanish, Flemish and Dutch. He held several exhibitions of his work, especially those held at the Academia de San Fernando in Madrid in 1832 and at the Liceo in Valencia in 1845. He also participated in the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts between 1860 and 1964. José Felipe Parra is represented in the Museum of Fine Arts of Valencia, the National Museum of Havana and in the Museum of Ceramics and Sumptuary Arts González Martí, as well as in several private collections.