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Juan Correa

Mexico · 1646–1716

Juan Correa was a distinguished Mexican painter of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. His years of greatest activity were from 1671 to 1716. == Career == Correa was the Afro-Mexican son of a mulatto (or dark-skinned) physician from Cádiz, Spain, and a freed black woman, Pascuala de Santoyo. Correa "became one of the most prominent artists in New Spain during his lifetime, along with Cristóbal de Villalpando." Correa was a highly productive religious painter, with two major paintings in the sacristy of the Cathedral of Mexico City, one on the subject of the Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin (each from 1689), and the Entry into Jerusalem (1691). Elsewhere in the cathedral he created the Vision of the Apocalypse, and other versions of the Assumption and Coronation of the Virgin.

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It is estimated that Correa produced around 500 paintings for churches and private patrons during the course of his life. His themes are mainly catholic. His early style was described by Ilona Katzew (LACMA curator) as having a "vibrant palette, elegant composition, and overall emphasis on decorative details subtle color gradations that provide a sense of iridescence and contribute to the overall mystical effect." It is often unclear if a painting should be attributed to Juan Correa alone, or to his family atelier. Manuel Toussaint considers Correa and Villalpando the main exponents of the Baroque style of painting in Mexico.