Marià Fortuny

Marià Fortuny, actually Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Carbó, also Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Marsal ( born June 11, 1838 in Reus in Catalonia, † November 21, 1874 in Rome, was a Spanish painter, graphic artist and draftsman, and etcher.

Life and work

Fortuny studied at the Academy at Barcelona under Claudio Lorenzález, a pupil of Friedrich Overbeck's. Some lithographs by Paul Gavarni inspired him. In a school competition he won the prize and a travel scholarship to Rome, where he arrived in 1856.

He accompanied General Juan Prim in Morocco 1859-1860 campaign. Before he returned to Rome, he visited Paris, where he met Jean- Louis -Ernest Meissonier Jean- Léon Gérôme and, furthermore Madrid, where he studied preferably Goya. 1866 Fortuny was was again arrived in Rome and did some orders of the Paris art dealer Goupil, which at an exhibition in 1869 found attention.

The paintings Wedding in Vicaria to Madrid and Moroccan snake-charmers were particularly known for his recent works include The Arcadians and the academics. Fortuny also painted histories, so a large-scale allegory for the Church of Saint Augustine to Barcelona and a ceiling for the Palace of Queen Maria Christina. From various trips to Spain apart, he remained in Rome, where he died on 21 October 1874. He left numerous studies, sketches and unfinished paintings, including The Battle of Tangier. Some of his works from the collection of his son Mariano are now on display at the Palazzo Fortuny in Venice.

Portrait

Selections

• Visiting day at the parsonage, 1870, oil a wood, 55 × 92 cm. Barcelona, ​​Museo de Arte Moderno.
• Visiting day at the Vicarage ( Enlarge) 1870, 1870, oil a wood, 55 × 92 cm. Barcelona, ​​Museo de Arte Moderno.
• The engraving collector, 1866, 1870, oil a wood, 50 × 66 cm. Barcelona, ​​Museo de Arte Moderno.
• The Battle of Tetuan, 1862-72, 1870, oil a canvas, 325 × 1075 cm. Barcelona, ​​Museo de Arte Moderno.
• The sons of the painter, 1874, 1870, oil a canvas, 44 × 93 cm. Madrid, Museo del Prado.
• Odalisque, 1861, 1870, oil a board, 54 × 79 cm. Barcelona, ​​Museo de Arte Moderno.
• Fantasy on Faust, 1866, 1870, oil a canvas, 40 × 69 cm. Madrid, Museo del Prado.