Carlos de haes biography channel

While not forgotten in Spain,  Carlos de Haes&#; work has been little recognized elsewhere. As a teacher and award-winning artists, Haes is perhaps Spain&#;s greatest  landscape painter.

Carlos de Haes (Brussels, Madrid, ) was born in Belguim to Spanish parents.

Carlos de Haes: Master of Spanish Landscapes｜Artist …

Due to financial troubles, the family was forced to return to Spain in There, Haes studied with Luis de la Cruz, a Court Painter to King Ferndinand VII and a member of the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

In , at the age of 24, Haes traveled back to Brussels to study Flemish landscapes. There he competed and regularly placed in Belgium&#;s annual Salons.

Six years later, Haes returned to Spain.

His international experience carried a great deal of currency in Spanish painting circles, and immediately set him apart from his peers who rarely studied beyond Spain and Italy. His dedication to landscape also changed the Spanish Academy&#;s attitude towards landscape painting.

Despite having been accepted as