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'''Daniel Hernández Morillo''', (1 August 1856, [[Salcabamba District|Salcabamba]] -– 23 October 1932, [[Lima]]) was a Peruvian[[Peru]]vian painter in the [[Academicism|Academic]] style who spent most of his working life in Paris. He also served as the first Director of the [[Escuela Nacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes|Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes]].

His mother was Peruvian and his father was from Spain. He was brought to Lima at the age of four and began his artistic education at fourteen, in the studios of Italian-born [[Leonardo Barbieri (1818-1896)]], who had worked as a portrait painter and [[Daguerrotype|daguerrotypist]] in California during the [[California Gold Rush|Gold Rush]].<ref>[http://saposaqta.blogspot.com/2007/10/daniel-hernandez_22.html Saposaqta: Daniel Hernández]</ref>

Later, when Barbieri had left Lima, Hernández took over his art classes. In 1872, he painted a version of the "[[Death of Socrates]]" that won him recognition from the government of President [[Manuel Pardo (politician)|Manuel Pardo]], and a grant that enabled him to study in Europe. He left Peru in 1874.

After his arrival in Paris, he met his fellow Peruvian, [[Ignacio Merino]], who advised him to study in Rome instead. He did so, and remained there for nine years, working with [[Marià Fortuny]], among others.<ref>[http://saposaqta.blogspot.com/2007/11/entre-la-belleza-y-el-poder.html Saposaqta: Entre la belleza y el Poder]</ref> In 1883, he returned to Paris and was elected President of the "Sociedad de Pintores Españoles", composed of the Spanish-speaking artists who lived there. He was also a member of the "[[Société des Artistes Français]]" and exhibited regularly at the [[Salon (Paris)|Salon]].<ref>[http://www.huancavelicaperu.com/noti.php?codinoti=00025 Huancavelica website - Daniel Hernández Morillo] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303212759/http://www.huancavelicaperu.com/noti.php?codinoti=00025 |date=2016-03-03 }}</ref>

In 1912, he travelled to [[Montevideo]], [[Buenos Aires]] and Rome to exhibit, returning to Paris in 1918. Not long after, his younger brother Inocencio obtained an important leadership position in the [[Dominican Order]] and, possibly through his influence, President [[José Pardo y Barreda|José Pardo]] called upon Hernández to participate in the creation of a new art school.<ref>[http://bellasartesperu.tripod.com/id22.html Brief biography] @ Bellas Artes de Peru.</ref> The "[[Escuela NationalNacional Superior Autónoma de Bellas Artes de Lima]]" opened in 1919, with Hernández as its first Directordirector. He retained that position until his death in 1932. A district inencompassing the city of [[Pampas, Peru|Pampas]], near his birthplace, has been named after him.

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