Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa

Spanish painter

Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa (1875 – 1935) was a Spanish painter working in and around Madrid. He was part of a famous family of Spanish artists which included his father Raimundo de Madrazo, his uncle Ricardo de Madrazo y Garreta, his grandfather, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, and his great grandfather José de Madrazo.[1] He worked together with Jean Cocteau to write a ballet, the Le Dieu bleu (The Blue God), in 1912 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.[2] Music for the ballet was composed by Reynaldo Hahn.

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  1. "Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: Collections". smu.edu. 2012. Archived from the original on 4 June 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.
  2. "Marcel Proust et Mariano Fortuny Soie Velours Robes Chales Reynaldo Hahn Venise e-Venise.com". e-venise.com. 2012. Retrieved 28 May 2012.