Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa

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Federico de Madrazo y Ochoa (1875, Rome – 1934, Madrid) was a Spanish painter working mostly in and around Madrid, although he also spent some time in Paris.

He was part of a famous family of Spanish artists which included his father Raimundo de Madrazo, his uncle Ricardo de Madrazo, his grandfather, Federico de Madrazo, and his great grandfather José de Madrazo.{{cite web |url=http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/collections_Madrazo_page.htm |title=Meadows Museum at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas: Collections |first= |last= |work=smu.edu |year=2012 |access-date=28 May 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120604053643/http://smu.edu/meadowsmuseum/collections_Madrazo_page.htm |archive-date=4 June 2012 |url-status=dead }}

He worked together with Jean Cocteau to write a ballet, Le Dieu bleu (The Blue God), in 1912 for Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.{{cite web |url= http://www.e-venise.com/art-peintres/mariano-fortuny-chale-robe-marcel-proust-11.html |title=Marcel Proust et Mariano Fortuny Soie Velours Robes Chales Reynaldo Hahn Venise e-Venise.com |first= |last= |work=e-venise.com |year=2012 |accessdate=28 May 2012}} Music for the ballet was composed by Reynaldo Hahn. He also painted Cocteau's most familiar portrait.

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