Elena Brockmann

Elena Brockmann
Born	ca.1865 Madrid
Died	1896
Nationality	Spain

Elena Brockmann (active 1887–1896) was a Spanish history painter.

Philip II receiving news of the loss of the Armada, historical allegory, 1895

Brockmann was born in Madrid as the granddaughter of Fanny Keats (the sister of the poet), whose portrait she painted. Her uncle Juan Llanos y Keats gave her painting lessons and she also studied with the history painter José Benlliure y Gil, where she was influenced by Joaquin Sorolla. She won awards in 1887 and 1892 at the Exposiciones Nacionales de Bellas Artes.^[1]

Her painting Outside a Roman Hostelry was included in the 1905 book Women Painters of the World.^[2]

References

1. Elena Brockman at the National Museum of Women in the Arts
2. Women painters of the world, from the time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the present day, by Walter Shaw Sparrow, The Art and Life Library, Hodder & Stoughton, 27 Paternoster Row, London, 1905

• Paintings by Elena Brockmann at the Art UK site