Manuel Ramos Artal

Madrid 1855 - Madrid 1916

By: Julián Gállego Serrano, María José Alonso

Manuel Ramos Artal trained at the Academy of San Fernando under Carlos de Haes. He specialised in landscapes, mainly from the Galicia, Asturias and Madrid regions. He travelled to Italy, where he toured Milan, Rome and Florence. He also visited Brussels, Antwerp and Paris, where he painted landscapes on the banks of the Seine. He won the Third Prize medal at the 1880 Regional Exhibition in Pontevedra for a sketch, Third Prize at the 1884 National Fine Arts Exhibition for Landscape in Cristo de la Vega (Toledo) and a Third Prize certificate in 1887. He also took part in exhibitions by the Association of Writers and Artists of Madrid, in which he was awarded the Medal for Merit.