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Jorge Inglés
Jorge Inglés (c. 1420 – 1500): Pioneer of Flemish Painting in Castile Jorge Inglés remains a shadowy figure in the annals of Spanish Renaissance art, largely obscured by the brilliance of his contemporaries and overshadowed by the monumental achievements of artists like Juan Ginostra and Pedro Berruguete. Despite this relative obscurity, Inglés’s contribution to the burgeoning artistic landscape of Castile is undeniable—he stands as th
e first painter in Spain known by name to embrace the revolutionary technique of oil on panel, marking a decisive break from traditional fresco painting and establishing a crucial precedent for subsequent generations. Little is definitively documented about Inglés's life. His birthdate remains elusive, and his death year uncertain—scholarly estimates place him somewhere between 1420 and 1500. However, circumstantial evidence suggests…