Carolina del Castillo Díaz

Carolina del Castillo Díaz (3 July 1867 – 24 October 1933) was a Spanish painter.^[1] In the 20th-century she was one of the earliest noted female painters in Asturias.^[2] She is known for her oil paintings of landscapes, portraits, still lifes, nudes, and interior scenes. She also used the pseudonym Krol-Ina.^[3]

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Carolina del Castillo Díaz
Carolina del Castillo Díaz, 1926
Born	Carolina del Castillo y Díaz 3 July 1867 Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Died	24 October 1933(1933-10-24) (aged 66) Gijón, Asturias, Spain
Other names	Carolina del Castillo, Krol-Ina
Occupation	Painter
Spouse	Gonzalo del Campo y del Castillo (m. 1890–)
Children	6
Father	Justo del Castillo Quintana [es]

Biography

Carolina del Castillo Díaz was born on 3 July 1867, in Gijón, Asturias, Spain.^[4]^[3] She was the daughter of Carolina Díaz de Calderón y Cifuentes, and industrial engineer Justo del Castillo Quintana [es].^[2] At a young age she took an interest in making art.^[5]

She married a military doctor named Gonzalo del Campo y del Castillo on 28 July 1890, with whom she had six children. After the death of two of her children, she decided to learn to formally paint.^[2]^[5] She was a student of José Nicolau Huguet and Cecilio Plá y Gallardo in Madrid.^[1]^[2]^[5]^[6]

She is known for her oil paintings of landscapes, still lifes, portraits (particularly of children), nudes, and interior scenes.^[2] Her painting "The Soul of the House", received an honorable mention in 1908 at the Exposición Nacional de Bellas Artes, an honorable mention in 1909 at the Hispano-French Exhibition in Zaragoza, and received a third-place medal in 1909 at the Galician Regional Exhibition in Santiago de Compostela.^[1]

She died on 24 October 1933, at her home in the Jove neighborhood of Gijón.^[2]

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