Ignacio Díaz de Olano, whose birth name was Ignacio Salvador Díaz Ruiz de Olano (Vitoria, February 1, 1860-Vitoria, March 7, 1937), was a Spanish painter of manners who achieved great notoriety during his lifetime.

Although he specialized and is fundamentally known for his painting of manners, which he approached from realism and gave great prominence to the people in their environment, he also practiced other techniques such as portraiture, still life, and more classic landscapes.

Today the most important collection of his work is in the Museum of Fine Arts of Álava and a street in his hometown bears his name.


   

  

Gallery

  

August 1899, Oil on canvas, 200 x 290 cm. Deposit of the Prado Museum.

   

The flock  Circa 1899. Pastel on paper. 420 x 640mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

     

Restaurant.  1897. Oil on canvas, 121 x 220 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

     

The painter's mother (Dominica Ruiz de Olano). 1906. Oil on canvas. 109 x 86.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Female nude.  Circa 1895. Pastel on paper. 530 x 360mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

   

The Cardinal  1895. Watercolor on paper, 56 x 38.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Father of the painter, Felipe Díaz. 1879. Oil on canvas. 46 x 38 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Saint Francis in ecstasy (copy by Antonio Viladomat). 1880. Oil on canvas. 186 x 241 cm. Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council.

   

Regretful. 1895 - 1896. Oil on canvas. 56 x 100 cm. Particular collection.

   

Arrivederci or See you! 1895. Oil on canvas. 200 x 90 cm. Particular collection.

   

Head of study (elderly). 1888. Oil on canvas. 39 x 30 cm. Particular collection.

   

The first son. 1931 - 1936. Oil on canvas. 115 x 100 cm. Vitoria and Álava Savings Bank Foundation (Caja Vital).

   

Study of the head of an old man. 1893 - 1894. Pastel. 31 x 23 cm. Particular collection. 

   

Fernando de Amárica, child. 1877. Oil on canvas. 36 x 39.5 cm. Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. Vitoria-Gasteiz.


Portrait of Fernando de Amárica. 1896. Oil on canvas. 44 x 53 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Lady drawing.  1895. Pastel and charcoal on paper. 620 x 475mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Landscape of the countryside of Rome.  1895. Oil on canvas. 42 x 53.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Nannies in Florida  1925-1930. Oil on canvas.  48 x 62.5 cm . Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Grass.  Circa 1931. Oil on canvas. 70 x 140 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Venice.  Circa 1894. Oil on canvas. 48.5 x 77.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Young farmer. 1925 - 1928. Oil on canvas. 76 x 56 cm. Particular collection.

  

The moñeta (or Moñetes). 1895. Oil on canvas. 69 x 99 cm. Particular collection.
  
The request. 1905. Oil on canvas. 110 x 80 cm. Particular collection.

  

You pouted her. 1892. Oil on canvas. 109 x 69 cm. Particular collection.

  

The three generations. 1929. Oil on canvas. 150 x 150 cm. Vitoria and Álava Savings Bank Foundation (Caja Vital).

  

Shepherdess. 1933. Oil on canvas. 87.5 x 98.5 cm. Particular collection.

  

Portrait of Mª Antonia Proietti. Unfinished. 1894-1895. Oil on canvas. 115 x 50 cm. Particular collection.

  

Portrait of girl.  1894. Pastel on paper. 380 x 300mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

Swans.  Circa 1927. Oil on cardboard. 20 x 29.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Sardinera (or Salting Factory?). 1930 - 1934. Oil on canvas. 100 x 90 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Swans. Circa 1927. Oil on panel. 18 x 26.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Naked.  Circa 1895. Oil on canvas. 80 x 175 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Return from the Calvary pilgrimage.  1903. Oil on canvas. 208 x 308 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

 
Landa quarries. 1915 - 1920. Oil on canvas. 59 x 64 cm. Particular collection.

  

Fruit and vegetable seller. 1886. Oil on canvas. 128 x 83 cm. Vitoria and Álava Savings Bank Foundation (Caja Vital)

   

Portrait of Francisco Ajuria. Unfinished. 1908. Oil on canvas. 61 x 56 cm. Particular collection.

  

Portrait of a gentleman. 1886. Oil on panel (painter's palette). 32 x 24 cm. Particular collection.

   

Portrait lady in pink. 1892 - 1895. Oil on canvas. Particular collection.

   

Portrait of woman with hat. 1898. Oil on canvas. 50 x 40 cm. Particular collection.

   

Portrait of Rosario de Apraiz. 1889. Oil on canvas. 54 x 40 cm. Particular collection.

   

Self-portrait.  1912. Oil on canvas. 114.5 x 90 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Angelus prayer in the field.  1899. Oil on canvas. 209 x 310 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Love in the forest.  1912. Oil on canvas. 204 x 255.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Naked.  1895. Oil on canvas. 139 x 90 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Male nude.  Charcoal on paper. 540 x 290mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

Marine scene. 1898. Oil on sea shell. 26 x 28 cm. Particular collection.

   

Venice Grand Canal. 1894. Oil on canvas. 51 x 100 cm. Particular collection.

  

Blue boat (Motrico). 1931 - 1936. Oil on canvas. 50 x 40 cm. Particular collection.

   

Marine. 1892. Oil on canvas. 50 x 74 cm. Particular collection.

   

Motrico. Villager with cows. 1902 - 1905. Oil on canvas. 52 x 91 cm. Vitoria-Gasteiz School of Arts and Crafts. Vitoria-Gasteiz. 

   

Roman countryside landscape (Antícoli Corrado?). 1895. Oil on canvas. 42 x 53.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Beach. 1885. Oil on canvas. 56 x 93 cm. Particular collection.

   

Self-portrait.  Around 1900. Sanguine and wax on paper. 700 x 450mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava


   

Two portraits.  Charcoal on paper. 250 x 390mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

   

Male portrait.  1888. Charcoal on paper. 490 x 320mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Christmas still life with fish.  1930-1934. Oil on canvas. 70 x 90 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Boats.  Around 1891. Oil on panel. 20 x 26 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Venice. Riverside market. 1898. Oil on canvas. 78 x 105 cm. Particular collection.

  

Venice corner. 1894. Oil on panel. 28.5 x 19cm. Particular collection.

  

Zadorra River in Víllodas. 1892 - 1893. Oil on canvas. 45 x 32 cm. Particular collection.

   

Still life of woodcocks. 1889 - 1891. Oil on panel. 28 x 37 cm. Particular collection.

  

Music class. 1885. Oil on canvas. 34.5 x 45.5 cm. Particular collection.

  

Study of the painter Díaz Olano (In Rome?) 1896. Oil on canvas. 57 x 47 cm. Particular collection.

   

At forty-nine. 1892. Oil on canvas. 70 x 121 cm. Particular collection.

   

The Republic.  1931-1932. Oil on canvas. 154 x 100 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

 

Portrait of Adrián Mª de Aldecoa. 1911. Oil on canvas. 87.5 x 65 cm.

  

Portrait of Felipe de Arrieta.  1890-1892. Charcoal on paper. 520 x 360mm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

Landscape of the Roman countryside (sketch). 1895. Oil on panel. 14.5 x 22cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Dressing the bullfighter.  Before 1908. Oil on canvas. 140.5 x 80 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Boat and children on a street in Motrico. 1902 - 1906. Oil on canvas. 85 x 108 cm. Bank of Vitoria.

  

Sewing nets. 1905 - 1907. Oil on canvas. 115 x 150 cm. Particular collection.

  

Mower rest. 1905. Oil on canvas. 56 x 45 cm. Particular collection.

  

The engagement ring. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 87 x 72 cm. Particular collection.

  

The Clover. 1931 - 1936. Oil on canvas. 88 x 98 cm. Particular collection.

  

The crier 1893 - 1894. Oil on canvas. 100 x 84 cm. Particular collection

  

The antebox. 1895 - 1899. Oil on canvas. 44 x 69 cm. Particular collection.

  

Portrait of Carmen Morales Yaquero. 1891. Oil on canvas. 220 x 110 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

Portrait of Jacinta Díaz de Mendívil y Velasco. 1912. Oil on canvas. 108 x 88 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

Gardener with grapes.  1895-1896. Oil on canvas. 41.5 x 34.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

The ironers.  1895. Oil on canvas. 90 x 142 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Motherless.  1930-1934. Oil on canvas. 108 x 120 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Spinners and weavers. 1917. Oil on canvas. 196 x 252 cm. Particular collection.

  

The envy. 1902. Oil on canvas. 197 x 270 cm. Particular collection. 

  

The gardener 1927 - 1932. Oil on canvas. 112 x 88 cm. Particular collection.

   

Lagoon. Boat trip. 1885. Oil on canvas. 57 x 98 cm. Particular collection.

  

Sardine sellers. 1928. Oil on canvas. 87.5 x 65 cm. Particular collection. 

  

Children. Return from the hunt. 1884. Oil on canvas. 133 x 138 cm. Particular collection.

  

Hunting children. The exit. 1884. Oil on canvas. 137 x 148 cm. Particular collection.

  

Painter's studio. Maria Antonia Proietti.  1904-1907. Oil on canvas. 19 x 29 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Basque song.  1930-1934. Oil on canvas. 129.5 x 120 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

The NAP.  1915. Oil on canvas. 149 x 248 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Spinners and weavers (bottom) 1917. Oil on canvas. 196.5 x 252.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

   

Spinners and weavers  (top) 1917. Oil on canvas. 94 x 251 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.


   

Waiting for the boats.  1930-1934. Oil on canvas. 120.5 x 131 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Flower and calyx. 1887. Oil on canvas. 45 x 36 cm. Particular collection.

   

Roses. 1892 - 1894. Oil on panel. 47 x 56 cm. Particular collection.

  

Naked. 1895 - 1896. Oil on canvas. 106 x 86 cm. Particular collection.

 

Naked. 1894 - 1895. Oil on canvas. 37 x 50 cm. Particular collection.

  

Son of the painter, Rafael Díaz Sáenz de Záitegui. 1917. Oil on canvas. 113 x 98.5 cm. Particular collection.

  

Portrait of Leon Urigoitia. 1907. Oil on canvas. 113 x 89 cm. Particular collection.

  

Dancer. 1910. Oil on canvas. 86 x 106 cm. Particular collection. Work of Ignacio Díaz Olano

  

Carding the flax.  1922-1923. Oil on canvas. 240 x 96.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava.

  

Portrait of Florentino Ezquerra Sáez and Águeda Ruiz Hernández  1905-1908. Oil on canvas, 182.5 x 140.5 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

Lost 1894. Oil on canvas, 136 x 210 cm. Museum of Fine Arts of Álava

  

My first son. 1912. Oil on canvas. 90 x 62 cm. Particular collection.

  

The daughter of the port. 1930 - 1933. Oil on canvas. 100 x 90 cm. Particular collection.

   

Dance. 1927 - 1928. Oil on canvas. 84 x 90 cm. Particular collection.

  

Gervasia Ochoa de Eguileor. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 108 x 80 cm. Particular collection.

   

Portrait of Niceto Alcalá Zamora, president of the Second Republic. 1932. Oil on canvas. 114 x 90 cm. Vitoria-Gasteiz City Council. Vitoria-Gasteiz.

   

Portrait of María Sáenz de Záitegui. 1912 - 1916. Oil on canvas. 50x60cm. Particular collection.

  

Lady of the rose. 1920. Oil on canvas. 65 x 55 cm. Particular collection.

   

The grandson (or Baptism in a Basque town?). 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 140 x 110 cm. Particular collection.

  

The Passage of the Luxury Train (or Rest in the Country ). 1927 - 1928. Oil on canvas. Particular collection. Work of Ignacio Díaz Olano

   

Gitanilla (in El Portalón). 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 87 x 64 cm. Particular collection.

   

Corns. 1931 - 1936. Oil on canvas. 114 x 98 cm. Particular collection.

   

Sorrowful (Virgin). 1912 - 1915. Oil on canvas. 50 x 40 cm. Particular collection.

   

Still life with flowers. 1930 - 1934. Oil on canvas. 83.5 x 79 cm. Particular collection.

   

Chrysanthemums. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 66 x 52 cm. Particular collection.

   

Tulips. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 59 x 49 cm. Particular collection.

   

Fruit still life. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 68 x 88 cm. Particular collection.

   

Chrysanthemums (with Chinese vase). 1930 - 1934. Oil on canvas. 85 x 110 cm. Particular collection.

   

Lemons and jug of water. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 27 x 37.5 cm. Particular collection.

   

Vase with flowers and porcelain figure. 1930 - 1934. Oil on canvas. 84 x 90 cm. Particular collection.

   

Motrico Coast. Entrance to the port. 1928 - 1930. Oil on canvas. 90 x 116 cm. Vitoria and Álava Savings Bank Foundation (Caja Vital).

   

Church of Arechavaleta (Álava). [The procession]. 1920 - 1925. Oil on canvas. 82 x 89 cm. Particular collection.

   

Corpus in Ondarroa. 1902 - 1905. Oil on canvas. 72 x 89 cm. Particular collection.

  

Conversation. Motrico. 1925. Oil on canvas. 57.5 x 35.5 cm. Particular collection.

   

Farmhouses. 1920 - 1924. Oil on canvas. 54 x 71 cm. Particular collection.

   

Leda and the swan. 1927. Oil on canvas. 120 x 140 cm. Particular collection.

   

Snowy landscape. Vitoria suburb. 1920. Oil on canvas. 44.5 x 50.5 cm. Particular collection.

  

Landscape, road and mountains. 1930. Oil on canvas. 89 x 114.5 cm. Particular collection.

   

Port. 1930. Oil on canvas. 89 x 98 cm. Particular collection.