Diego was born June six 1599
in Seville Spain. In 1618 when he was nineteen, he married Juana, the daughter
of the man who taught him to paint, her name was Juana Pacheco. Diego had two
daughters the first born is Francisca de Silva Velasquez y Pacheco who was born
in1619, and the second was Ignacia de Silva Velasquez y Pacheco who was born in
1621. Diego was a realist painter. His first painting is Tres
Musicos and his last one is La Reina Marina de Austria. Juana died in 1660, she
died a few days after her husband.
Velazquez painted everyday scenes, take the Water seller of Seville
for example, back in those days the people didn’t have water bottles or water
fountains so they had a water seller. He also liked dark coloring and the light
in the right places of the painting.
Juan de Paraja is a portrait of his slave which a lot of people
called Juanico for this painting which was done in 1650. It has his style of dark shades and light
hitting the perfect spot. I love Velasquez paintings and I know I won’t ever be
able to paint as good as him.
If you want to look at pictures from Velasquez go to http://www.diegovelazquez.org
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