Ulpiano Checa Y Sanz (1860-1916) - Indian Chief On Horseback

"Indian Chief on Horseback" Bronze print with nuanced red-brown patina. Sand casting by Colin Around 1895 Ulpiano CHECA Y SANZ (1860-1916) Spanish School - Painter, engraver, sculptor. Born in Colmenar de Oreja (Madrid, Spain) Died in Dax (Landes) He began training in 1873 at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Fernando where he was a student of Federico de Madrazo and Pablo Y Gonzalvo. He seems to have been particularly influenced by this last master who taught him perspective. He became a professor at the age of 19 in the same academy. In 1884, he obtained a place as a boarder at the Spanish Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. He very quickly became a specialist in paintings of horses, orientalist subjects and North American Indians. He is often considered a precursor of impressionism. In 1889, he moved to Paris and produced drawings for the magazine “L'Illustration” for which he was a correspondent. He also painted a large view of the Place de la République. The following year, he married Mademoiselle Mathilde Chayé whose parents own a villa in Bagnères de Bigorre where the couple comes every year to spend a few months. He quickly specialized in representations of horses, both with orientalist and antique subjects or those located in North America. In 1894, he exhibited at the Salon des Artistes Français. In 1895, he settled in Bagnères de Bigorre. He will make numerous trips to Argentina, Venice and Algeria. In 1900, he received an order for 4 large paintings for the passage leading to the restaurant “Le train Bleu” in Paris (Gare de Lyon). His health deteriorated suddenly and he died in Dax in January 1916 at the age of 56. Maison Colin is a prestigious art foundry installed at 29 rue Sévigné in Paris, from 1843. It participated in numerous Universal Exhibitions, including that of Chicago in 1893 where it presented a bronze clock mounted on a marble column in collaboration with Piat and Steiner. Also a success at the Universal Exhibition of 1900, crowned with a grand prize. This House worked with many renowned artists such as Carrier Belleuse, Marioton, Rozet, etc.