Art History Lecture w/ Ramiro Sanchez & Tom Richards - El Greco

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This week we are delighted to share with you a highly informative lecture on El Greco, given by Ramiro Sanchez, Director of Advanced Painting, and Tom Richards, Assistant Director of The Florence Academy of Art.

Ramiro and Tom will look deeply into the artist's life, and his artistic vision, taking into account the historical context in which he lived. Through an analysis of a variety of works, from multi-figure compositions to portraits and landscapes, we will see how El Greco changed styles frequently, and how his work influenced artists ever since.

We hope you thoroughly enjoy this lecture!

Tom Richards was born in London in 1982. In addition to his experience as a painter he has an MA in Art History from the University of St Andrews, graduating in 2005. Since then Tom has divided his time between London and Florence. In recent years he has exhibited his work in London and undertaken numerous commissions in Europe and beyond. He is currently Assistant Director of The Florence Academy of Art in Florence, Italy.

To view his work please visit:

https://www.instagram.com/tominflorence/

https://www.tawrichards.com/

https://www.florenceacademyofart.com/alumni-gallery/tom-richards/

Ramiro Sanchez

Venezuelan painter Angel Ramiro Sanchez was born in 1974 in Maracaibo, Venezuela. At age six was accepted with full scholarship into the Instituto the Niños Cantores del Zulia, a school for musically gifted children. At age fourteen he began five years of apprenticeship with the realist painter, Abdon J. Romero, an eminent specialist in murals for churches and public buildings. In 1993, a study grant from Mgr. Gustavo Ocando Yamarte, Founder the Niños Cantores, enabled him to travel to Florence, Italy, where he studied at the renowned Accademia di Belle Arti, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1997.

At the same time, he was enrolled at The Florence Academy of Art, founded by painter Daniel Graves, where he received a diploma in Painting. Ramiro was appointed senior painting instructor at The Florence Academy of Art in 1997, and is currently Director of the Advanced Painting Program.

Ramiro paints only from life, searching for accuracy beyond physical appearance to reach the psychological state of his subject and he believes the painter must draw his information from "all five senses" to tell the complete human story. Ramiro’s works can be found in numerous private collections in Europe, The United States and South America. Public collections include: The Fondazione Stelline, Milan, Italy; The Fremantle Foundation for Foreign Artist in Tuscany at Villa Peyron, Florence, Italy; The Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William and Mary, Williamsburg, VA. USA.

He shares his life and passion for art with his wife, the artist Melissa Franklin-Sanchez.