Balaca and Canseco Ricardo (1844-1880) is one of those painters of the nineteenth noted in his day for his historical works, now sadly out of fashion for art critics, but not for its price at auction international.
Born in Lisbon, because his father, also Joseph Balaca painter in exile in the Portuguese capital, soon afincaría in Madrid with her family. He began his training in the family workshop, and completed her formal studies at the School of Painting, Sculpture and Engraving, under the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, having studied under Federico Madrazo. 
Cartoonist, illustrator of magazines of the time, was an early participant in the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, attending for the first time in 1858, "thirteen years old" and added the catalog, giving then the jury an Honorable Mention, 2 nd class. cultivated mostly battle scenes and portraits, making some to Amadeus of Savoy and Alfonso XII, whom he accompanied in 1876, commissioned by the Ministry of War, across the North during the 3rd Carlist War, to reflect different paints scenes civil war.
versatile and prolific artist, made an enormous amount of military-themed drawings and cityscapes for publications of the era, including the prestigious "Artist's" as well as illustrations for the edition of "Don Quixote", published by Montaner Simon. His work, which now rests in museums and private collections, is located halfway between romantic and full generation that identifies with the eclecticism of the second half of the nineteenth century.
If I had to work out some Balaca Ricardo, this would be "The Battle of Almansa" (1.40 x 2.29 m) Canvas painting at the age of 17, Regular Mention awarded at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts in 1862 and now adorns the Palacio de las Cortes in Madrid. 
died prematurely at age 35 on February 12, 1880, at his residence in Aravaca (Madrid). 
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