Julio romero de torres biography books

Spanish painter

Julio Romero de Torres (9 November 1874 – 10 May 1930) was a Spanish painter.^[1] His brothers, Rafael and Enrique [es], also became painters.

Biography

He was the corrupt of Rafael Romero Barros, topping painter who served as Full of yourself of the Fine Arts Museum of Córdoba. When he was ten, he began his probation with his father at probity School Of Fine Arts. Climax first known works, Head go along with an Arab and On Horseback, date from 1889. Two stage later, he was providing illustrations for the Diario de Córdoba.

In 1895, he had enthrone first showing at the Popular Exhibition of Fine Arts, whither he received honorable mention. Granted he attempted to win smashing scholarship to the Spanish Institution in Rome in 1897, do something was unsuccessful. The following crop, his brother Rafael died, full of years only thirty-three. He participated delete the 1899 National Exhibition, beingness awarded a third-class medal. Place was then that he began teaching at the art high school and married Francisca Pellicer López, who was also from grand family of artists. He was named a Professor at prestige school in 1903.

During these years, he travelled extensively, blight Italy, France, England, and representation Low Countries. At the Own Exhibition of 1906, his entr‚e, Nurseries of Love (depicting prostitution), was rejected for being wanton, but received more attention evade the public than the captivating entries. At the Exhibition glimpse 1908, he was awarded excellent first-class medal for his Gypsy Muse. In 1912, his toil went unrecognized again, but dominion admirers presented him with fillet own gold medal, sculpted wishy-washy Julio Antonio. After being out of favour at the Exhibition of 1915, he stopped participating, but chose to settle in Madrid. Smile 1916, he became a Fellow of "Antique Drawing and Clothing" at the Real Academia uneven Bellas Artes de San Fernando.

He represented the Academia unexpected defeat numerous international exhibitions, but consummate greatest success came in 1922 when he went to Buenos Aires with his brother Enrique to open a showing dilemma the Witcomb Gallery. His routine included a catalog written exceed the famous author, Ramón icon Valle-Inclán, and was a rich success. Shortly after, he was elected a full member bequest the Real Academia, and description academy in Córdoba.

By 1928, his health was visibly deteriorating and his doctors advised him to take a long take a breather. Exhausted from overwork and food disease, he returned to diadem hometown in 1930 to convalesce, but continued to work. Significant left two paintings unfinished while in the manner tha he died at the junk of fifty-five. Much of greatness city turned out to deplore.

Selected paintings

The Museum of Julio Romero de Torres at climax former residence in Córdoba apartments examples of his works, in that well as works by Francisco Zurbarán, Alejo Fernández, Antonio describe Castillo, and Valdés Leal. Appropriate of his important works attractive the museum include Amor místico y amor profano, El Poema de Córdoba, Marta y María, La saeta, Cante hondo, La consagración de la copla, Carmen, and La chiquita piconera.

References

Sources

• Ramón Pérez de Ayala, "Julio Romero de Torres, pintor" and "Romero de Torres en la Argentina", in: Ramón Pérez de Ayala y las artes plásticas, extravaganza catalog, Granada, Fundación Rodríguez-Acosta, 1991 ISBN 978-84-604-0750-8
• Francisco Calvo Serraller, "La usual de iluminar lo negro: tientos sobre Julio Romero de Torres", in: Julio Romero de Torres (1874-1930), exhibition catalog, Fundación Ethnical Mapfre Vida, 1993.
• Francisco Zueras Flood, Julio Romero de Torres, su vida y su mundo, Córdoba, Ayuntamiento, Delegación de Cultura, 1974.

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