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'''Vincente Albán''' (1725 in [[Quito|Quito, Ecuador]] – unknown) was an [[Ecuador|Ecuadorian]] painter, member of the [[Quito School]], noted for his idealized paintings of indigenous (Yumbo people) and Hispanic [[Criollos]] in their native outfits.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Latin-American-art|title=Latin American art - Latin American art on the eve of independence|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/vicentealban-retrato-etnicidad-museo-intercultural.html|title=Vicente Albán retrató la etnicidad del siglo XVIII|website=El Comercio|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> These paintings depict a variety of social classes and associated clothing of the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecuadordelsur.blogspot.com/2015/06/vicente-alban-integrante-de-la-escuela.html|title=Vicente Albán, integrante de la escuela de Quito, gran representante de la ilustración del siglo XVIII|website=Vicente Albán, integrante de la escuela de Quito, gran representante de la ilustración del siglo XVIII|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Exploring Colonial Hispanic-American culture, he was commissioned by [[José Celestino Mutis]], who wanted to highlight the local society, flora and fruit.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://pueblosoriginarios.com/recursos/colecciones/alban/alban.html|title=Sociedad, flora y frutos en el Quito colonial. Vicente Albán|website=pueblosoriginarios.com|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Wohletz|first=Sonya|title=Strange Fruit: Vicente Albán's Quito Series And Local Ways Of Seeing In The Era Of Colonial Enlightenment|date=2017-12-04|url=http://books.openedition.org/cidehus/2929|work=La Península Ibérica, el Caribe y América Latina : Diálogos a través del Comercio, la Ciencia y la Técnica (Siglos XIX – XX)|editor-last=Abreu Xavier|editor-first=António de|series=Biblioteca - Estudos & Colóquios|publisher=Publicações do Cidehus|isbn=9782821897274|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Albán painted his works by [[Oil painting|oil on canvas]] technique.<ref name=":1" />
'''Vincente Albán''' (1725 in [[Quito|Quito, Ecuador]] - Unknown ) was an [[Ecuadorians|Ecuadorian]] painter, member of the [[Quito School|Quiteña School]], noted for his idealized paintings of indigenous (Yumbo people) and Latin American-born people in their native outfits.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/art/Latin-American-art|title=Latin American art - Latin American art on the eve of independence|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/vicentealban-retrato-etnicidad-museo-intercultural.html|title=Vicente Albán retrató la etnicidad del siglo XVIII|website=El Comercio|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> These paintings display a variety of social classes and information on the clothing of the time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://ecuadordelsur.blogspot.com/2015/06/vicente-alban-integrante-de-la-escuela.html|title=Vicente Albán, integrante de la escuela de Quito, gran representante de la ilustración del siglo XVIII|website=Vicente Albán, integrante de la escuela de Quito, gran representante de la ilustración del siglo XVIII|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> Exploring Latin American identity, his work was commissioned by [[José Celestino Mutis]], who wanted to bring local flora into the mind of the country.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://pueblosoriginarios.com/recursos/colecciones/alban/alban.html|title=Sociedad, flora y frutos en el Quito colonial. Vicente Albán|website=pueblosoriginarios.com|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref><ref>{{Citation|last=Wohletz|first=Sonya|title=Strange Fruit: Vicente Albán’s Quito Series And Local Ways Of Seeing In The Era Of Colonial Enlightenment|date=2017-12-04|url=http://books.openedition.org/cidehus/2929|work=La Península Ibérica, el Caribe y América Latina : Diálogos a través del Comercio, la Ciencia y la Técnica (Siglos XIX – XX)|editor-last=Abreu Xavier|editor-first=António de|series=Biblioteca - Estudos & Colóquios|publisher=Publicações do Cidehus|isbn=9782821897274|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref> The paintings were created via an [[Oil painting|oil on canvas]] technique.<ref name=":1" /> Paintings of this era such as this were often used as a method of showing American territory and the resources it provides. People shown in Albáns work were shown wearing gold and silver to demonstrate the continents wealth.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/obras-de-vicente-alban-se-despiden-con-una-vista-especializada-en-el-museo-nacional-muna/|title=Obras de Vicente Albán se despiden con una vista especializada en el Museo Nacional (MuNa) – Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio|website=www.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>


== Paintings and local fauna featured ==
Such paintings of this era were often used as a method of showing South American territory and its bountiful resources. Albán portrayed people shown in his paintings as wearing gold and silver jewelry to demonstrate the continent's wealth.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=https://www.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec/obras-de-vicente-alban-se-despiden-con-una-vista-especializada-en-el-museo-nacional-muna/|title=Obras de Vicente Albán se despiden con una vista especializada en el Museo Nacional (MuNa) – Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio|website=www.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>


* ''Principle Lady with her Black Slave'' (1783) ''-'' Franadillas tree, Loquat tree, Large Coconut Palm, Coquitos de Chile tree.
Some of Francisco Albán's works were taken to [[Europe]], such as the apparition of [[Our Lady of Aranzazu]]. However, from the [[Real Audiencia of Quito|Real Audiencia]] there is also evidence of two other painters, Antonio Albán, a Mercedarian friar, and Juan Albán. However, it is most likely that due to the importance of the [[Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada|Royal Botanical Expedition of the New Kingdom of Granada]], the six paintings of Vicente Albán were the ones that, according to the illustrated style of the time, would make the greatest impression.
* ''Principal Indian of Quito with gala dress (1783) -'' Machetonas and Berugillas tree, Guabas tree, Fagsos Fruit, Guayabas tree
* ''Yapanga of Quito in a suit that uses this kind of women who try to please (1783) -'' Capulic tree, Custard apple trees, Caymitos, Strawberries
* ''Yumbo Indian from the vicinity of Quito with their feather costumes and fangs of hunting animal that they wear when they are in gala (1783)'' - Banana tree, Lapaias tree, Pineapples, Strawberries
* ''India in gala dress (1783)'' - Avacado tree, Chilguacanes tree, Chamburos tree, Namey Fruit
* ''Yndio yumbo de Maynas with his load (1783)'' ''-'' Pitahayas tree, Obo tree, Mamei tree, Pumpkin
* Portrait of Bisiop of Quito Manuel Blas Nephew (1783)<ref name=":1" />


== Notable Exhibits ==
== Paintings of local characters and fruits featured ==


* 1780 - Possession of King Carlos III of Spain<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/cultura/1/ecuador-cuadros-museodeamerica-madrid|title=Cuadros de Vicente Albán llegan a Ecuador luego de dos siglos|last=mundo|first=El Telégrafo-Noticias del Ecuador y del|date=2018-05-10|website=El Telégrafo - Noticias del Ecuador y del mundo|language=es-es|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
Albán produced a series of paintings depicting a variety of social classes and information about the clothing of the time. While exploring Spanish American colonial culture, his work was commissioned by José Celestino Mutis, who wanted to bring the local flora to the mind of the country. The paintings were created through an oil on canvas technique. Paintings from this era were often used as a method of showing the American territory and the resources it provides. The people depicted in Albán's work were shown with gold and silver to demonstrate the wealth of the continent.
* ? - Museum of Natural Sciences of Madrid<ref name=":1" />
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* ? - Ethnographic Section of the National Archaeological Museum<ref name=":1" />
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* 1941 - Museum of America of Madrid<ref name=":1" />
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* 2018 - National Museum of Ecuador (90 days then returned to the Museum of America of Madrid)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/pintura-cuadros-vicentealban-exposicion-quito.html|title=Los cuadros del artista Vicente Albán son huéspedes de la capital|website=El Comercio|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
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|-
|{{center|1=''Principal mrs. (señora) with her black slave.''<br><small>(1783; [[Museo de América]], [[Madrid]])</small>}}
|[[File:Retrato de una señora principal con su negra esclava por Vicente Albán.jpg|280x280px]]
|'''''B'''''. ''Tree of [[sweet granadilla]] and its fruit''
'''''C'''''. ''[[Loquat]] tree and its fruit.''


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'''''D.''''' ''Fruit with the name of [[naranjilla]]''
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== Gallery ==
'''''E.''''' ''Palm of large Coconuts.''

'''''F.''''' ''[[Chile cocopalm]].''
|-
|{{center|1=''Principal Indian from Quito in gala dress.''<br><small>(1783; [[Museo de América]], [[Madrid]])</small>}}
|[[File:Indio Principal de Quito con traje de gala.jpg|280x280px]]
|'''''B.''''' ''Tree of Guabas Machetonas and Berugillas.''

'''''C.''''' ''Fagsos Fruit and the way its branch is entangled.''

'''''D.''''' ''[[Guava]] tree and fruit''

'''''E.''''' Indian of the Field.
|-
|{{center|1=''Yapanga from Quito in the costume worn by this kind of women who try to please.''}}
|[[File:Yapanga de Quito con traje que usa esta clase de mujeres que tratan de agradar 01.jpg|280x280px]]
|'''''B.''''' ''Capulic tree, which is very robust and leafy.''

'''''C.''''' ''Prunus salicifolia fruit''

'''''D.''''' ''Whole and open [[cherimoya]]s are a very delicious fruit''

'''''E.''''' ''The tree that produces cherimoyas.''

'''''F.''''' ''Whole and opened [[Pouteria caimito]]s.''

'''''G.''''' ''A small tree that produces strawberries, which are a kind of strawberries like those of Spain, but much thicker and sweeter.''
|-
|{{center|1=''Yumbo Indian from the vicinity of Quito with their feathered costumes and hunting animal fangs that they wear when they are in gala.''<br><small>(1783; [[Museo de América]], [[Madrid]])</small>}}
|[[File:Indio Yumbo de las inmediaciones de Quito con sus trajes de plumas y colmillos de animal de caza que usan cuando están de gala.jpg|280x280px]]
|'''''B.''''' ''[[Cooking banana]], banana tree products of the Guinean Coast with its fruit and are the most delicate.''

'''''C.''''' ''Plantain, a tree that produces them called Dominicos, which are not as delicate in flavor as the first ones.''

'''''D.''''' ''Tree that produces the [[Papaya]]s and its whole and open fruit. It is healthy''

'''''E.''''' ''Pineapple with its bush open and whole. It is a very fragrant and tasty fruit.''
|-
|{{center|1=''Indian girl in gala dress.''<br><small>(1783; [[Museo de América]], [[Madrid]])</small>}}
|[[File:India en traje de gala.jpg|280x280px]]
|'''''B.''''' ''"Indian girl" with its Paba Real (dress).''

'''''C'''''. ''Avocado tree and its fruit.''

'''''D.''''' ''Chilguacanes tree with whole and split fruit.''

'''''E.''''' ''[[Mountain papaya]] tree with its fruit whole and open.''

'''''F.''''' ''[[Mammee]] with its leaves and open fruit.''
|-
|{{center|1=''Yumbo Indian from [[Maynas Province, Peru|Maynas]] with his cargo with flora and fruits.''<br><small>(1783; [[Museo de América]], [[Madrid]])</small>}}
|[[File:Vicente Albán - Yndio yumbo de Maynas con su carga con flora y frutos del país.jpg|280x280px]]
|'''''B.''''' ''[[Pitaya]] tree and its fruit.''

'''''C.''''' ''[[Spondias purpurea]] tree and its fruit.''

'''''D.''''' [[Mammee]] tree with its fruit whole and open.

'''''E.''''' ''Preacher Bird.''

'''''F.''''' ''Parrot''

'''''G.''''' ''Little monkey eating banana.''

'''''H.''''' ''Pumpkins and fruits inside the cargo''
|}

== Other of his works==
<gallery>
<gallery>
File:Retrato de una señora principal con su negra esclava por Vicente Albán.jpg|Portrait of a principal lady with her black slave by Vicente Albán
File:San gregorio - Vicente Albán.jpg|St. Gregory
File:Vicente Albán - Yndio yumbo de Maynas con su carga con flora y frutos del país.jpg|Yndio yumbo de Maynas with his load with flora and fruits of the country by Vicente Albán
File:Vicente alban-retrato del obispo de quito manuel blas sobrino.JPG|Portrait of the Bishop of Quito [[Blas Sobrino y Minayo|Blas Sobrino]]
File:Vicente alban-retrato del obispo de quito manuel blas sobrino.JPG|Portrait of the Bishop of Quito Manuel Blas Nephew by Vicente Albán
File:The Crucifixion - Albán.jpg|The Crucifixion
File:Virgin of the Apocalpse - Albán.jpg|Virgin of the Apocalypse
File:Saint Augustine - Albán.jpg|Saint Augustine
File:Via Dolorosa - Vicente Albán.jpg|[[Via Dolorosa]]
</gallery>
</gallery>

== Summary of his works==
Together with his brother Francisco Albán, he painted important canvases with episodes of the Life of Saint [[Peter Nolasco]]. These were kept inside the Cloister of the Mercedarian Recollection of Tejar, in the city of [[Quito]]. Years later, in 1780, he painted a picture of the Crucifixion of Christ together with the characters that were part of the event. This painting is currently located in the [[Museo Jacinto Jijón y Caamaño]] of the Catholic University of Quito. His artistic career would change radically after the [[Royal Botanical Expedition to New Granada]]. In 1783, as a sample for the expedition leader [[José Celestino Mutis]], he painted six paintings that were sent to [[Madrid]]. They are currently housed in the [[Museo de América]].

For historian [[José María Vargas (historian)|José María Vargas]], these paintings marked a milestone in the history of Ecuadorian art, since before Vicente Albán, the painters of the [[Quito School]] concentrated on religious themes to be presented in churches and convents. Now the central theme was scientific in order to be part of a scientific expedition like so many that were made during the [[Spanish Enlightenment|Enlightenment in the Spanish monarchy]].

Therefore, the paintings sought to represent the figure and dresses of people from different social classes, as can be seen in the title at the bottom "Principal Lady, the Yapanga, Indian woman in gala dress. Indian man in gala dress, Yumbo Indian and Indian loader". However, in addition, representations of the products of nature are also offered. This helped Mutis to classify the different samples of [[Bogotá]]'s flora, for which he relied on painters for his Labor Office.

Finally, Vicente Albán was a great portraitist. In 1783 he painted the Bishop of Quito, [[Blas Sobrino y Minayo]].

== Notable Exhibits ==

* 1780 - Possession of King [[Charles III of Spain]]<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.eltelegrafo.com.ec/noticias/cultura/1/ecuador-cuadros-museodeamerica-madrid|title=Cuadros de Vicente Albán llegan a Ecuador luego de dos siglos|last=mundo|first=El Telégrafo-Noticias del Ecuador y del|date=2018-05-10|website=El Telégrafo - Noticias del Ecuador y del mundo|language=es-es|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>
* ? - [[Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales|National Museum of Natural Sciences]] of Madrid<ref name=":1" />
* ? - Ethnographic Section of the [[National Archaeological Museum (Madrid)|National Archaeological Museum]] of Madrid<ref name=":1" />
* 1941 - [[Museo de América|Museum of America]] of Madrid<ref name=":1" />
* 2018 - National Museum of Ecuador (90 days then returned to the Museum of America of Madrid)<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.elcomercio.com/tendencias/pintura-cuadros-vicentealban-exposicion-quito.html|title=Los cuadros del artista Vicente Albán son huéspedes de la capital|website=El Comercio|access-date=2019-10-01}}</ref>

== See also ==
*[[Quito School]]


== References ==
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Vicente Albán
Born1725
Quito, Ecuador
DiedUnknown
OccupationPainter

Vincente Albán (1725 in Quito, Ecuador - Unknown ) was an Ecuadorian painter, member of the Quiteña School, noted for his idealized paintings of indigenous (Yumbo people) and Latin American-born people in their native outfits.[1][2] These paintings display a variety of social classes and information on the clothing of the time.[3] Exploring Latin American identity, his work was commissioned by José Celestino Mutis, who wanted to bring local flora into the mind of the country.[1][4][5] The paintings were created via an oil on canvas technique.[4] Paintings of this era such as this were often used as a method of showing American territory and the resources it provides. People shown in Albáns work were shown wearing gold and silver to demonstrate the continents wealth.[6]

Paintings and local fauna featured

  • Principle Lady with her Black Slave (1783) - Franadillas tree, Loquat tree, Large Coconut Palm, Coquitos de Chile tree.
  • Principal Indian of Quito with gala dress (1783) - Machetonas and Berugillas tree, Guabas tree, Fagsos Fruit, Guayabas tree
  • Yapanga of Quito in a suit that uses this kind of women who try to please (1783) - Capulic tree, Custard apple trees, Caymitos, Strawberries
  • Yumbo Indian from the vicinity of Quito with their feather costumes and fangs of hunting animal that they wear when they are in gala (1783) - Banana tree, Lapaias tree, Pineapples, Strawberries
  • India in gala dress (1783) - Avacado tree, Chilguacanes tree, Chamburos tree, Namey Fruit
  • Yndio yumbo de Maynas with his load (1783) - Pitahayas tree, Obo tree, Mamei tree, Pumpkin
  • Portrait of Bisiop of Quito Manuel Blas Nephew (1783)[4]

Notable Exhibits

  • 1780 - Possession of King Carlos III of Spain[6][7]
  • ? - Museum of Natural Sciences of Madrid[4]
  • ? - Ethnographic Section of the National Archaeological Museum[4]
  • 1941 - Museum of America of Madrid[4]
  • 2018 - National Museum of Ecuador (90 days then returned to the Museum of America of Madrid)[8]

Gallery

  • Portrait of a principal lady with her black slave by Vicente Albán
    Portrait of a principal lady with her black slave by Vicente Albán
  • Yndio yumbo de Maynas with his load with flora and fruits of the country by Vicente Albán
    Yndio yumbo de Maynas with his load with flora and fruits of the country by Vicente Albán
  • Portrait of the Bishop of Quito Manuel Blas Nephew by Vicente Albán
    Portrait of the Bishop of Quito Manuel Blas Nephew by Vicente Albán

References

  1. ^ a b "Latin American art - Latin American art on the eve of independence". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  2. ^ "Vicente Albán retrató la etnicidad del siglo XVIII". El Comercio. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  3. ^ "Vicente Albán, integrante de la escuela de Quito, gran representante de la ilustración del siglo XVIII". Vicente Albán, integrante de la escuela de Quito, gran representante de la ilustración del siglo XVIII. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  4. ^ a b c d e f "Sociedad, flora y frutos en el Quito colonial. Vicente Albán". pueblosoriginarios.com. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  5. ^ Wohletz, Sonya (2017-12-04), Abreu Xavier, António de (ed.), "Strange Fruit: Vicente Albán's Quito Series And Local Ways Of Seeing In The Era Of Colonial Enlightenment", La Península Ibérica, el Caribe y América Latina : Diálogos a través del Comercio, la Ciencia y la Técnica (Siglos XIX – XX), Biblioteca - Estudos & Colóquios, Publicações do Cidehus, ISBN 9782821897274, retrieved 2019-10-01
  6. ^ a b "Obras de Vicente Albán se despiden con una vista especializada en el Museo Nacional (MuNa) – Ministerio de Cultura y Patrimonio". www.culturaypatrimonio.gob.ec. Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  7. ^ mundo, El Telégrafo-Noticias del Ecuador y del (2018-05-10). "Cuadros de Vicente Albán llegan a Ecuador luego de dos siglos". El Telégrafo - Noticias del Ecuador y del mundo (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2019-10-01.
  8. ^ "Los cuadros del artista Vicente Albán son huéspedes de la capital". El Comercio. Retrieved 2019-10-01.