Alejo Vera

Alejo Vera y Estaca (14 July 1834, Viñuelas – 4 February 1923, Madrid) was a Spanish painter in the Romantic style who specialized in history painting.

At an early age, his teachers in the public school noticed that he had an aptitude for drawing, so they got together to request a study grant from the government of Guadalajara Province.

[1] From 1874 to 1878, he was a professor at San Fernando and painted the ceiling of the Madrid Chamber of Commerce with a scene called the "Allegory of Abundance".

He was initially part of the team designated to work on decorating the San Francisco el Grande Basilica in Madrid, but was ultimately excluded because of a dispute with the governing board over remuneration.

[1] Some of the sketches for that failed project were used for his painting "El milagro de las rosas" (The Miracle of the Roses), based on an episode in the life of Saint Francis of Assisi.