Luis López Piquer

Luis López Piquer (21 October 1802, in Valencia – 5 June 1865, in Madrid) was a Spanish painter.

Through the influence of his father, who was "Primer Pintor" at the court of Ferdinand VII, at the age of 19 he was able to present a painting ("Saint Peter and the Paralytic") at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

[1] Again, through parental influence, he received a commission from Queen Consort Maria Josepha to depict the "Presentation of Mary" (which was donated to the Church of San Antonio) and frescoes for two vaults at the Royal Palace depicting the "Public Virtues" and Juno in the "Mansion of Dreams".

[1] He also completed numerous religious works; notably at the church in Castromocho and, together with his brother Bernardo, at Orihuela Cathedral.

As the war turned in favor of the Liberals, he married a Frenchwoman, moved to Paris, and remained there for fourteen years.