Esteban March
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Esteban March was a Spanish
painter of the Baroque
period. He was born and died in Valencia. He was a disciple of the painter Pedro Orrente
, and painted in the style of Jusepe Ribera. He is best known as a "battle painter" (see for example, Aniello Falcone
). He is described as having an eccentric and erratic personality, if not lunatic. He collected weapons of all sorts in his studio, and often performed mock battles against the walls of the studio to instruct himself in the effects. He would work himself into a fury with music before painting. His marriage and home-life was equally disordered.
Spain
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painter of the Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
period. He was born and died in Valencia. He was a disciple of the painter Pedro Orrente
Pedro Orrente
Pedro Orrente was a Spanish painter of the Baroque period.Born in the village of Murcia. Orrente appears to have studied with el Greco in Toledo, where he painted a San Ildefonso before the apparition of St Leocadia and the Birth of Christ for the cathedral. He often moved, painting in Murcia and...
, and painted in the style of Jusepe Ribera. He is best known as a "battle painter" (see for example, Aniello Falcone
Aniello Falcone
Aniello Falcone was an Italian Baroque painter, active in Naples and noted for his painted depictions of battle scenes.-Biography:...
). He is described as having an eccentric and erratic personality, if not lunatic. He collected weapons of all sorts in his studio, and often performed mock battles against the walls of the studio to instruct himself in the effects. He would work himself into a fury with music before painting. His marriage and home-life was equally disordered.