Ramón Bayeu was a Spanish Neoclassicist painter.

Biography

Born in Zaragoza

Zaragoza

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, he was the brother of Francisco Bayeu, with whom he worked, and Manuel Bayeu, also a painter. After winning a concourse of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando , located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery....

 of Madrid

Madrid

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 in 1766, he travelled to Italy.

After 1773, he realized a series of cartoons for tapestries for the Real Fábrica de Tapices. He collaborated with his brother-in-law, Goya

Francisco Goya

Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes was a Spanish romantic painter and printmaker regarded both as the last of the Old Masters and the first of the moderns. Goya was a court painter to the Spanish Crown, and through his works was both a commentator on and chronicler of his era...

, to several commissions in Valladolid

Valladolid

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, Zaragoza, Valdemoro

Valdemoro

Valdemoro is a municipal district, located in the Southern zone of the autonomous community of Madrid, Spain. Located 27 kilometers from the capital, Valdemoro is officially part of the comarca of La Sagra, though it is generally also included in the Madrid metropolitan area.The municipality has...

 and Madrid, and executed several frescoes in the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar

Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar

The Basilica-Cathedral of Our Lady of the Pillar is a Roman Catholic church in the city of Zaragoza, Aragon, Spain. The Basilica venerates Blessed Virgin Mary, under her title Our Lady of the Pillar praised as Mother of the Hispanic Peoples by Pope John Paul II...

 in Zaragoza.

He also realized engravings reproducing famous paintings, such as Guercino's Liberation of St. Peter, now housed in the Museo del Prado

Museo del Prado

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.

He died at Aranjuez

Aranjuez

Aranjuez is a town lying 48 km south of Madrid, in the southern part of the Community of Madrid. It is located at the confluence of the Tagus and Jarama rivers, 48 km from Toledo. As of 2009, it has a population of 54,055.-History:...

in 1793.