Enrique Simonet
Enrique Simonet | |
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Madrid, Spain | |
Nationality | Spanish |
Known for | Painting |
Enrique Simonet Lombardo (February 2, 1866 – April 20, 1927) was a Spanish painter.
Early life
Simonet was born in
Work and travel
In 1887 obtained a grant to study painting in the Fine Arts Academy in Rome, where he painted in 1890 Heart's Anatomy; a painting that would bring him international recognition and which won him several prizes.[1] Taking advantage of his stay Simonet traveled throughout Italy, visited Paris several times and in 1890 he made a tour of the Mediterranean. He also traveled to the Holy Land, where he painted his monumental work Flevit super illam (painting) ; work for which he received numerous medals including Madrid in 1892, Chicago in 1893, Barcelona in 1896 and Paris in 1900. In 1893 and 1894 Simonet traveled to Morocco as a war correspondent for the magazine La Ilustración Española y Americana.
Teaching
In 1901 he became professor of Studies and Forms of Nature and Art, at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1911 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Between 1921 and 1922 he was director of the Private Paular for landscapers.
Death and legacy
Simonet died on April 20, 1927. He has paintings at
Paintings
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The Beheading of Saint Paul. 400 x 700 cm 1887 (Málaga Cathedral)
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Autopsy. 177 x 291 cm 1890 (Museo de Málaga)
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Prado Museum)
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El Quite. 269 x 483 cm 1897 (Museo de Málaga)
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Judgment of Paris. 215 x 331 cm 1904 (Museo de Málaga)
See also
- List of paintings by Enrique Simonet (Spanish)
- Judgment of Paris (Simonet)
- List of Orientalist artists
- Orientalism
References
- ^ "Enrique Simonet" (PDF). Faces of death: visualising history. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30.
- ^ "Cathedral of Malaga".
External links
- Media related to Enrique Simonet at Wikimedia Commons
- Biography at Museo del Prado (in Spanish)
- About Flevit super illam (in Spanish)
- About Anatomy of the heart (may first have to click second image in first row here to see it)
- About Judgement of Paris (in Spanish)