Daniel Zuloaga

Daniel Zuloaga y Boneta (1852 – December 27, 1921) was a Spanish ceramist and painter. He is considered to be one of the innovators of art pottery in Spain. He worked primarily from his workshops in Madrid and Segovia, but his work extended throughout Spain. He participated in various international exhibitions, and his pieces can be found in other European countries. His work was characterized by using ancient techniques. Through the influence of his father, Zuloaga worked in his youth at the Royal Palace of Madrid. After training in France, Zuloaga and his brothers opened their first shop in the Real Fábrica de La Moncloa, its most representative work being the facades of the Palacio de Velázquez. His other works appear at the Palacio de Cristal and the Hospital of Maudes, among many others.

He introduced Ceramic arts in Spain and also set up a school with intent to promote “traditional techniques and introduce styles such as neo-renaissance and modernism to European fashion.

Daniel Zuloaga was born in 1852 into an artists family who specialized in metal work. In the initial years of his life, he was trained by his family in these skills, particularly by his father Eusebio Zuloaga who was director of the Royal Armoury and specialist in damascene (metal inlay work), and his brother-in-law (sister’s husband) Ignacio Suárez Llanos who was a well-known painter. He went to school of ceramics in Sèvres, France to specialize in the ceramic arts. On his return to Spain, he joined the Royal Factory in Moncloa.

His first major assignment was tile work for the Exposición Nacional de Minería of 1883 in Madrid, decorating Ricardo Velázquez Bosco's Palacio de Velázquez. He associated with Velázquez professionally and worked in his team on many projects in Madrid, Segovia and Guipúzcoa. He also participated in international exhibitions..

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