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Joaquin Ramirez is a listed and treasured Mexican painter of the 19th century. He was born in 1834 and entered the Academy of San Carlos in 1847 and was a student of the renowned Pelegrín Clavé. He participated in several exhibitions at the Academy of San Carlos and won distinguished awards for his works of art. He took part, under the direction of Clavé, in the collaboration of paintings in the cupola of the Church of La Professes (1861) and throughout his career created severally acclaimed and listed paintings with biblical and historical themes, including portraits of such historical Mexican insurgent figures as Hidalgo, Morelos, Guerrero, and Matamoros. In 1865 he created several portraits of Mexican patriotic heroes for the National Palace in Mexico City. At the request of the Director of the Academy of San Carlos, Santiago Rebull (1829 - 1902), his most famous work is his historical and symbolic painting of Miguel Hidalgo (1865), father of Mexican Independence. The remains of Joaquín Ramírez are in the pantheon of San Fernando in Mexico City which contains some of the most influential figures in Mexico's history from the 19th Century.