Miguel Campeche
San Juan, PR 1740-1813
Biography Details
Painter. Brother of José Campeche. Some of Miguel’s paintings have been erroneously attributed to José in his youth, as Miguel’s paintings are of inferior quality to Jose’s and the line is more prominent than the fields of colors, as in José’s early paintings. Miguel was the older of the two Campeche brothers and he, like their other brother, Ignacio, often worked as an assistant in José’s studio. Unsurprisingly, given the time at which the work was produced, the paintings deal mainly with religious images and scenes of Virgins and saints.
Artist Statement
"Miguel Campeche must have assisted his brother José in the painting process, given the similarity of the two works [Inmaculada Concepción by Miguel Campeche and Nuestra Señora de la Concepción by José Campeche]: so far there is no faithful copy of the San Francisco canvas executed by José than this copy of his brother. The chronology Miguel’s work must be around the date of José’s canvas. "
Source:"Campeche: Mito y Realidad”, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, 2012.
Exhibitions
Group Shows
2007
- Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Collections
- Museo de Historia, Antropología y Arte, Universidad de Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Bibliography
Catalogues
“Contexto puertorriqueño: del rococó colonial al arte global”, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan Puerto Rico, 2007, p. 28.
Books
“Cuatro Siglos de Pintura Puertorriqueña”. San Juan: Banco Santander, 1998.
Delgado Mercado, Osiris. Historia General De Las Artes Plásticas En Puerto Rico: Tomo 1. 1st ed. San Juan: Editora Corripio, 1994.