El pintor Rafael Blas Rodríguez: seis imágenes de la Semana Santa de Sevilla

Abstract

En este artículo ofrecemos aportaciones inéditas a la obra del pintor sevillano Rafael Blas Rodríguez (1885-1961). Documentamos, historiamos y analizamos seis pinturas conservadas en instituciones religiosas y colecciones particulares de Sevilla. Todas ellas, firmadas por el autor, representan esculturas cristíferas y marianas bien conocidas por el público, pues son titulares de cuatro hermandades de penitencia que procesionan –o procesionaron antes de su desaparición– en la Semana Santa hispalense. Con ello contribuimos al enriquecimiento del catálogo de tan prolífico artista, que se ve aumentado con varias pinturas hasta ahora desconocidas.

This paper reveals unpublished works by the Sevillian painter Rafael Blas Rodríguez (1885- 1961). Six paintings are documented, depicted and analyzed. All of them are signed by the author and preserved in religious institutions and private collections in Seville. These works comprises representations of sculptures of Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary, which are well known by the public due to the use that four Brotherhoods of Penance that go on parade during Holy Week make of them –or made before disappearance of these–. Thus an enriching contribution is also made to the painting catalogue of this prolific artist, including several paintings that were unknown to date.