Eugenio Álvarez Dumont

Eugenio Álvarez Dumont (1864, Tunis - 1927, Buenos Aires) was a Spanish painter; primarily of Orientalist and costumbrista scenes, although he is best remembered as a battle painter, for his scenes from the Peninsular War.

He received an honorary mention there for one of his first sketches; The Death of Churruca, which later served as the basis for one of his best known paintings.

Later, he moved to Paris then, finally to Madrid, where he dedicated himself to teaching, at the Escuela de Artes e Industrias, and painting costumbrista scenes.

[1] In 1910, he was invited to participate in an exhibition celebrating the centennial of Buenos Aires, but that showing was not as successful.

[1] Toward the end of his life, he settled in Buenos Aires, where he did decorative paintings as well as canvases, and provided illustrations for Argentine books and magazines.