Luis Alvarez Roure
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Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, 2019 | |
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Luis Álvarez Roure (born 1976)[3] is a Puerto Rican realist painter based in New Jersey. He is known for his figure paintings as well as his portraits of American public figures such as Philip Glass,[4] Joshua Bell, Paul Volcker,[5] Cándido Camero,[6] Monsignor William Linder, and Octavio Vázquez.[7] His strengths have been described as "his draftsmanship (...) taken directly from the paintings of past masters" and "the empathy he so evidently feels with his sitters" by Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.[8]
Life
Luis Alvarez Roure was born in
Career
Alvarez Roure's work has been collected by the
In 2019 he was a finalist of the
In 2022 Alvarez Roure won the Draper Grand Prize at the 24th Portrait Society of America's International Portrait Competition.[16]
Works
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Philip Glass. 2016. Oil on board. Collection of the National Portrait Gallery of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.
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"Memento" Portrait of composerOctavio Vazquez. Oil on linen. 36 x 24 inches.
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Portrait of violinist Joshua Bell. Oil on linen.
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Portrait of Cándido Camero.
References
- ^ "Luis Alvarez Roure".
- ^ "Luis Álvarez Roure - 31 artworks - painting".
- ^ "Philip Glass". npg.si.edu.
- ^ "Audrey Hepburn, Morgan Freeman, more round out National Portrait Gallery additions". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 2019.
- ^ Proulx, Matthew (November 10, 2016). "PRAESENTARE | Art Gallery".
- ^ "Afro-Cuban Legend Cándido Honored with Vibrant Concert in NYC". DownBeat Magazine. November 22, 2016.
- ^ Karidis, Arlene (16 August 2015). "The art of portraiture, coming to the Delaplaine". The Frederick News-Post.
- ^ Trippi, Peter (2018). “Luis Alvarez Roure: Composing in Paint”, Fine Art Connoisseur. November/December issue 2018, p.80-83.
- ^ Luis Alvarez Roure, Art Renewal Center. Accessed December 2, 2019.
- ^ Kuilan, Gloria Ruiz. "Boricua se destaca por su talento en el arte; El músico Luis Álvarez Roure retomó la pintura a los 24 años y dos de sus trabajos ya han sido reconocidos internacionalmente", El Nuevo Día, January 4, 2016. Accessed December 2, 2109.
- ^ "National Portrait Gallery Announces Winners of the 2019 Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition and Opening of “The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today”", Smithsonian Institution. Accessed December 2, 2019. "Luis Álvarez Roure, Hasbrouck Heights, N.J."
- ^ "Recent Acquisitions". npg.si.edu. July 2, 2019.
- ^ "Philip Glass". npg.si.edu.
- ^ MEAM. (2016) Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes Collections. Contemporary Art XXI Century. p. 452
- ^ "The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today". npg.si.edu. October 24, 2019.
- ^ "Draper Grand Prize".
Sources
- Trippi, Peter (2018). "Luis Alvarez Roure: Composing in Paint". Fine Art Connoisseur. November/December issue 2018, p. 80-83.