Julio Romero de Torres
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Julio Romero de Torres - Spanish painter (Cordoba, 1880-1930) Diego de Silva Velázquez
Julio Romero de Torres
Julio Romero de Torres
melodramatic realism of his early compositions (As freeloaders conscience or love) did not seem to prelude a personal touch, so sharp and charac stico, then brought up in his mature work. Indeed, following the canvas entitled Musa gypsy who won the First Prize in a National Exhibition held in Madrid, the painter from Cordoba adopted a nationalist line and folk, mindful of southern topics and focused mainly on the portrayal of Andalusian women. It is a style that dominates the mixture of realistic portrait with a certain idealism that places his figures in a vague halo timeless, as if to make the physical characteristics of the Andalusian woman 
archetype or universal feminine beauty.
boosted by the current modernist canon in his time, achieved success, not without a heated critical controversy that always accompanied the prosecution of his painting-art in several national and international exhibitions, such as those in Barcelona (1911) (Madrid, 1912) and Munich (1913). But the truth is that at the time was hailed by painters, writers and contemplated his work, who celebrated nationalist exaltation of topics broadcast on the work of Romero de Torres, to prove, it suffices to note that the papers of his painting and catalogs coming exhibitions author
lifted from laudatory comments from authors such as Jacinto Benavente, Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Gregorio Martínez Sierra and Santiago Rusiñol. 
Ensign of romanticism certainly outdated today, but very much in the people of his time, Julio Romero de Torres ruled in each of his paintings a problem in the form of Andalusian song, release or bullfighting episode romancero gypsy. He also emphasis on the legendary and tragic feelings of
own religion and culture of his countrymen, which explains the immense popularity he enjoyed in life and many years after he disappeared. Popular
households in rural Spain for a long time exhibited reproductions of major works of Romero de Torres, often decorating the pages of a huge extended calendars. His memory was alive, well, in ballads and folk tunes, and was present for some time in the illustrations of stamps and paper money. Today, a good part of his work, rather discredited by modern criticism, can be seen in the Museum that the city of Córdoba has dedicated one of its most universal artists.
archetype or universal feminine beauty. boosted by the current modernist canon in his time, achieved success, not without a heated critical controversy that always accompanied the prosecution of his painting-art in several national and international exhibitions, such as those in Barcelona (1911) (Madrid, 1912) and Munich (1913). But the truth is that at the time was hailed by painters, writers and contemplated his work, who celebrated nationalist exaltation of topics broadcast on the work of Romero de Torres, to prove, it suffices to note that the papers of his painting and catalogs coming exhibitions author
lifted from laudatory comments from authors such as Jacinto Benavente, Ramón María del Valle Inclán, Gregorio Martínez Sierra and Santiago Rusiñol. 
Ensign of romanticism certainly outdated today, but very much in the people of his time, Julio Romero de Torres ruled in each of his paintings a problem in the form of Andalusian song, release or bullfighting episode romancero gypsy. He also emphasis on the legendary and tragic feelings of own religion and culture of his countrymen, which explains the immense popularity he enjoyed in life and many years after he disappeared. Popular
households in rural Spain for a long time exhibited reproductions of major works of Romero de Torres, often decorating the pages of a huge extended calendars. His memory was alive, well, in ballads and folk tunes, and was present for some time in the illustrations of stamps and paper money. Today, a good part of his work, rather discredited by modern criticism, can be seen in the Museum that the city of Córdoba has dedicated one of its most universal artists. 
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