Ricardo Balaca y Orejas-Canseco: A Romantic Vision of Spanish Warfare Born in Lisbon in 1844, Ricardo Balaca y Orejas-Canseco emerged from a lineage steeped in artistic tradition. His father, José Balaca, was himself a painter who found exile in Portugal, creating an early atmosphere of both artistic pursuit and familial displacement that profoundly shaped the young Ricardo’s life and career. This unique background—a Portuguese birthp…