Valencia
Malaga
Born in the Pueblo Nuevo del Mar neighborhood (Cañamelar), north of the Valencian port, he began his pictorial training at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Carlos, as a disciple of Francisco Martínez. His creations show his inclination towards everyday gender issues. In this sense, one of his most striking paintings is The Viaticum given to a dying beggar, thanks to which he is awarded by the Provincial Council of Valencia with a pension to continue his training outside of Spain. He traveled through Africa and Italy, more specifically to Rome, and participated in several exhibitions, obtaining honorable mention in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of 1860, he received the second medal at the Exhibition of 1864 for his work Un mayor de monterilla and was awarded the medal of silver in Madrid, 1866. He joined the San Fernando Academy in Madrid, 1876, where he attended Madrazo's workshop. He had arrived in Malaga in 1868 taking possession of the chair of Color and Composition at the San Telmo School of Fine Arts, after some tough competitions held in Madrid, and remained part of this Malaga school until 1878 when he was appointed its director. . He was an inseparable friend of Muñoz Degrain, whom he attracted to Malaga. Among his many disciples, Moreno Carbonero, José Nogales, Blanco Coris, Enrique Simonet, José Denis Belgrano and Pedro Sáenz Sáenz, among others, stood out. He also studied painting in Paris with Duret. The portraits of him by Ciscar and Juan de Juanes can be seen in the Palacio de la Generalidad in Valencia. Ferrándiz's paintings are widely distributed throughout Spain, France, Italy and private collectors in other nations. Although most of his production is found abroad (Goupil Collection), there are thirteen of his works in the Museum of Malaga. Standing out among his production are works such as The Political Chatter, and Salida de los Picadores de la Posada, among others. His best-known painting is El Tribunal de les Aigües (The Water Court, 1865), of which there are two versions, the first is in the Museum of Fine Arts of Bordeaux and was acquired by Napoleon III, and the second is located in Valencia. Another work of his that was quite well known is The Judgment of the Boots. Ferrándiz lived seventeen years in Málaga, where he painted the ceiling of the Cervantes theater (Allegory of the History, Industry and Commerce of Málaga) and where there is a monument in his honor in the Málaga Park. He is considered one of the members and promoters of the Malaga School of painting. [citation needed] He was buried in the San Miguel Cemetery in Malaga.
