Eduardo Leon Garrido
Spanish, 1856-1906
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Eduardo León Garrido was a Spanish painter. He began his training at the Madrid School of Painting and as a disciple in Vicente Palmaroli's workshop. Thanks to a scholarship granted by the Madrid Provincial Council, he traveled to Paris where he attended Raimundo Madrazo's workshop.
Later he traveled to Italy, making contact in Venice with Spanish painters, Mariano Fortuny and Martín Rico. In 1905 he was appointed professor at the School of Arts and Crafts in Varennes, staying in France for the rest of his life. His son, Louis-Édouard Garrido was also a painter