José María de Azcárate

José María de Azcárate y Ristori (18 April 1919 – 18 July 2001) was a Spanish art historian, author, researcher, curator, and professor, specializing in medieval Castilian art and Renaissance sculpture.[1] His father was a sailor and early in his son's life he moved the family to Cádiz, Spain.[5] Azcárate was the Chair of History of Medieval Art at Complutense University of Madrid from 1973, until his death in 2001.[4] He died at the age of 82 on 18 July 2001, of a heart attack at his home in Madrid, Spain.[4] In 1974, he joined membership to the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts with the topic "El protogótico hispánico" and he was additionally a member of the royal academies of Valladolid, Seville, Toledo, A Coruña, Cadiz and Barcelona.
MadridmedievalRenaissanceprovince of PontevedraCádizUniversity of SevilleManuel Gómez-Moreno MartinezphilosophylettersComplutense University of Madridheart attackAlmudenaNational Prize for Literature (Spain)Alonso BerrugueteUniversity of Alicantehonorary doctorate degree