José Marcelo Contreras

José Marcelo Contreras y Muñoz (16 January 1827 – 1890/92) was a Spanish painter and art professor.

He spent two years preparing a catalog of the museum's collection, then briefly returned to Granada to marry Francisca Vilches.

After 1861, he devoted himself primarily to teaching, initially at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Cádiz, then at a similar institution in Valencia.

In 1864, he participated in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, presenting The Doubt of Saint Peter, with which he won a second-class medal.

[1] The following year, grieving the death of his wife, he and his children relocated to Madrid, where he was named a Professor at the Academia.