Camarón y Meliá, Juan José

The son of José Camarón Bonanat and brother of Manuel -both painters- he studied at the School of Fine Arts of San Carlos in Valencia and later obtained a pension to continue his studies in rome. When he returned he was appointed chamber painter, director of painting at the Royal Porcelain Factory, academician of merit at the Royal Academy of San Carlos in Valencia, and assistant director of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. He was later appointed honorary director of the Academy of San Fernando (Fernández Martínez, D. in Enciclopedia del Museo Nacional del Prado, 2006, vol II, pp. 600-601).