Spanish painter and illustrator. He studied at the Real Academia de S Fernando, Madrid, under Juan Antonio Ribera y Fernndez and Jos de Madrazo y Agudo. He worked independently of court circles and achieved some fame but nevertheless died in such poverty that his burial was paid for by friends. He is often described as the last of the followers of
Goya, in whose Caprichos and drawings he found inspiration for the genre scenes for which he became best known. Of these scenes of everyday life and customs the more interesting include The Beating (Madrid, Casn Buen Retiro) and Galician with Puppets (c. 1835; Madrid, Casn Buen Retiro).
Alenza y Nieto s numerous drawings include the illustrations for Alain-Ren Lesage s Gil Blas (Madrid, 1840), for an edition of the poems of Francisco de Quevedo published by Castello and for the reviews Semanario pintoresco and El Reflejo. The painting Triumph of David (1842; Madrid, Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando) led to his election as an Acadmico de mrito at the Real Academia de S Fernando in 1842, and he produced such portraits as that of Alejandro de la Pena (Madrid, Museo de la Real Academia de San Fernando) and a Self-portrait (Madrid, Casn Buen Retiro). His two canvases entitled Satire on Romantic Suicide (Madrid, Museo Romntico) are perhaps the most characteristic of his works.
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