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1874 Cordoba, Spain - 1930 Cordoba, Spain. Known for: Orientalist, landscape, genre, portrait painting, teaching, illustration, posters.
Julio Romero de Torres was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter and curator of what was then called the Museum of Painting in Cordoba. He would be marked by family life which revolved around... Read full biography
Julio Romero de Torres was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter and curator of what was then called the Museum of Painting in Cordoba. He would be marked by family life which revolved around his father's studio, the classrooms of the School of Fine Arts and Music Conservatory and the... Read full biography
Julio Romero de Torres was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter and curator of what was then called the Museum of Painting in Cordoba. He would be marked by family life which revolved around his father's studio, the classrooms of the School of Fine Arts and Music Conservatory and the galleries of the museum, located in the same grounds as the family home. This indisputably conditioned his future and was the backdrop to his first steps as a painter. At the age of ten he began studying... Read full biography
Julio Romero de Torres was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter and curator of what was then called the Museum of Painting in Cordoba. He would be marked by family life which revolved around his father's studio, the classrooms of the School of Fine Arts and Music Conservatory and the galleries of the museum, located in the same grounds as the family home. This indisputably conditioned his future and was the backdrop to his first steps as a painter. At the age of ten he began studying music and painting and was only fourteen and fifteen when he received prizes in the competitions organised by the Provincial School and the Athenaeum. He carried on studying painting and, like his siblings, was deeply influenced by his father's... Read full biography
Julio Romero de Torres was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter and curator of what was then called the Museum of Painting in Cordoba. He would be marked by family life which revolved around his father's studio, the classrooms of the School of Fine Arts and Music Conservatory and the galleries of the museum, located in the same grounds as the family home. This indisputably conditioned his future and was the backdrop to his first steps as a painter. At the age of ten he began studying music and painting and was only fourteen and fifteen when he received prizes in the competitions organised by the Provincial School and the Athenaeum. He carried on studying painting and, like his siblings, was deeply influenced by his father's teachings. As he became increasingly involved in the cultural scene of Cordoba and closer to that of Madrid, his life continued to be underpinned... Read full biography
