Luis Jiménez Aranda, Capturing Everyday Life

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Luis Jiménez Aranda, Capturing Everyday Life

Luis Jiménez y Aranda (Edit: and his brother Jose) (1845–1928) painted moments from ordinary life in Spain.  

Jose Jiménez y Aranda The Bibliophiles, 1879
Here he shows book lovers from various walks of life surveying the wares. To paint scenes like this, he used models, and he would have set up the actual costumes on lay figures. 
Luis Jiménez y Aranda, The Artist's Studio
Here he paints of an artist's studio, showing the artist with his palette standing behind a wealthy patron, as a model lounges in a festive pose on the far right.

 Jose Jiménez y Aranda, Self Portrait
Luis Jiménez y Aranda was part of a worldwide artistic movement using realism to capture the detail of everyday life.
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Previously on GJ: Costumbrism

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