Andalusian seascape and genre painter Guillermo Gómez Gil was a proponent of “costumbrismo”, the incorporation of folkways and local customs into art. Gómez studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Telmo, near Malaga, his birthplace. This vivid canvas by Gómez is a slice-of-life from a Spanish village, depicting women drawing water from the ancient fountain.
By the Fountain, c.1880, Oil on CanvasGuillermo Gómez Gil Spanish (1862 - 1942) |
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Andalusian seascape and genre painter Guillermo Gómez Gil was a proponent of “costumbrismo”, the incorporation of folkways and local customs into art. Gómez studied at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts in San Telmo, near Malaga, his birthplace. This vivid canvas by Gómez is a slice-of-life from a Spanish village, depicting women drawing water from the ancient fountain. |
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