19^th – 20^th Century Spanish

Painter of history and religious works, allegories, genre scenes, portraits, landscapes, mural paintings and sculptor.

A Spanish fin-de-siècle painter, Santa María Sedano created meticulous yet simple landscapes paying testimony to his love of nature, continuing the tradition of 19^th century Realism.

He trained as an artist at San Fernando School of Fine Arts in Madrid and also in Rome, where he spent some time thanks to a scholarship from the Burgos Provincial Council.

He took part in National Expositions with differing results: he won a First Medal in 1908 for his work Ángélica and Medoro and a Medal of Honour in 1946 for Figures of Romance.

Throughout his career he obtained many other distinctions, including the Cross of Alfonso X el Sabio, and he was named a member of the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts.

Around 1900, he began working as a teacher at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid, where he was appointed director in 1934.