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Mariano Jose Maria Bernardo Fortuny BIOGRAPHY
1838 Reus, Tarragona, Spain - 1874 Rome, Italy. Known for: Portrait, figure, genre, history and religious painting and drawing.
Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 - November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter. His brief career encompassed both the Romantic* fascination with Orientalist* themes, and a... Read full biography
Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 - November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter. His brief career encompassed both the Romantic* fascination with Orientalist* themes, and a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color. He was born in Reus, a town near Tarragona in the... Read full biography
Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 - November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter. His brief career encompassed both the Romantic* fascination with Orientalist* themes, and a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color. He was born in Reus, a town near Tarragona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain. His father died when Mariano was an infant, and his mother by the time he was 12. Thus, Mariano was raised by his grandfather, a cabinet-maker who taught him to... Read full biography
Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 - November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter. His brief career encompassed both the Romantic* fascination with Orientalist* themes, and a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color. He was born in Reus, a town near Tarragona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain. His father died when Mariano was an infant, and his mother by the time he was 12. Thus, Mariano was raised by his grandfather, a cabinet-maker who taught him to make wax figurines. At the age of 9, at a public competition in his town a local patron, Domingo Soberno, encouraged further study. At the age of 14 years, he moved to Barcelona with his grandfather. A sculptor, Domingo Taleru, secured Fortuny a... Read full biography
Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 - November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter. His brief career encompassed both the Romantic* fascination with Orientalist* themes, and a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color. He was born in Reus, a town near Tarragona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain. His father died when Mariano was an infant, and his mother by the time he was 12. Thus, Mariano was raised by his grandfather, a cabinet-maker who taught him to make wax figurines. At the age of 9, at a public competition in his town a local patron, Domingo Soberno, encouraged further study. At the age of 14 years, he moved to Barcelona with his grandfather. A sculptor, Domingo Taleru, secured Fortuny a pension to allow him to attend the Academy of Barcelona. There he studied for four years under Claudio Lorenzale, and in Ma... Read full biography
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Mariano Fortuny Y Carbo, Mariano Fortuny Y Marsal, Mariano Fortuny Marsal
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Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal (June 11, 1838 - November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter. His brief career encompassed both the Romantic* fascination with Orientalist* themes, and a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color.
He was born in Reus, a town near Tarragona in the autonomous community of Catalonia in Spain. His father died when Mariano was an infant, and his mother by the time he was 12. Thus, Mariano was raised by his grandfather, a cabinet-maker who taught him to make wax figurines. At the age of 9, at a public competition in his town a local patron, Domingo Soberno, encouraged further study.
At the age of 14 years, he moved to Barcelona with his grandfather. A sculptor, Domingo...But wait, there's more...
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