Julio Romero de Torres
Julio Romero de Torres (9 November 1874 – 10 May 1930) was a Spanish painter. His brothers, Rafael and Enrique Romero de Torres, also became painters. He created deeply Spanish art, and came to be influenced by modernism and the Generation of '98.
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Julio Romero de Torres

Julio Romero de Torres · José Félix de la Huerta Calopa. Museo Julio Romero de Torres. Consultado el 07/05/2017. Fotógrafo: Manuel Pijuan Martínez. · Public domain
- Name
- Julio Romero de Torres
- Born
- 9 November 1874
- Birthplace
- Córdoba, Spain
- Died
- 10 May 1930
- Training
- Rafael Romero Barros (father), Fine Arts Museum of Córdoba
- Movement
- Symbolism
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Fields
- portrait.
- Movements
- Symbolism.
- Known for
- Our lady of Andalusia, La Fuensanta and La chiquita piconera.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Julio Romero de Torres (9 November 1874 – 10 May 1930) was a Spanish painter. His brothers, Rafael and Enrique Romero de Torres, also became painters. He created deeply Spanish art, and came to be influenced by modernism and the Generation of '98.
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Biography
In his early days, he attempted to reflect a dramatic, rural Spain in his paintings. Romero de Torres stood out for his precise paintings, which balanced black, blue and greenish colours.
The recorded working language is Spanish. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Works named in the authority record are Our lady of Andalusia, La Fuensanta and La chiquita piconera. Work by Julio Romero de Torres is recorded in the collections of Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Museo Julio Romero de Torres, Museum of Fine Arts of Córdoba, National Museum of Fine Arts, Argentina and Carmen Thyssen Collection.

Retrato de María Raymonde Lebarreau, esposa de José Félix Huerta Calopa, ambos amigos del pintor Julio Romero de Torres, realizado en 1928. Pintado al temple y al óleo. Porta un camafeo en su mano izquierda.
Julio Romero de Torres · María Raymonde Lebarreau. Museo Julio Romero de Torres. Consultado el 22/01/2021. Fotógrafo: Manuel Pijuan Martínez.

"Horas de angustia" cuadro de Julio Romero de Torres (1904). Lienzo con contenido social. "La escena representa el dolor de una joven madre ante el humilde lecho de su hijo enfermo, que se debate entre la vida y la muerte. Obra de luminoso colorido y pincelada impresionista, la luz producida por un velón ilumina el lecho del enfermo, mientras que la figura de la joven permanece en la penumbra acen
Julio Romero de Torres · Horas de angustia. Museo Julio Romero de Torres. Consultado el 23/01/2021. Fotógrafo: Manuel Pijuan Martínez.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Julio Romero de Torres • Birth Name — Julio Romero de Torres • Born — 9 November 1874 • Birthplace — Córdoba, Spain • Died — 10 May 1930 • Place of death — Córdoba, Spain • Training — Rafael Romero Barros (father), Fine Arts Museum of Córdoba • Movement — Symbolism • Works — * Amor místico y amor profano (1920) • Naranjas y limones (1927) • La chiquita piconera (1930)
Biography
Biography
He was the son of Rafael Romero Barros, a painter who served as Director of the Fine Arts Museum of Córdoba. One of eight siblings, Romero was the brother of the painters Rafael and Enrique Romero de Torres and the archaeologist and curator Ángela Romero de Torres. When he was ten, he began his apprenticeship with his father at the School Of Fine Arts. His first known works, Head of an Arab and On Horseback, date from 1889. Two years later, he was providing illustrations for the Diario de Córdoba. • Illustration — Monument to Romero in Córdoba (1940), by Juan Cristóbal González In 1895, he had his first showing at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts, where he received honorable mention. Although he attempted to win a scholarship to the Spanish Academy in Rome in 1897, he was unsuccessful. The following year, his brother Rafael died, aged only thirty-three. He participated in the 1899 National Exhibition, being awarded a third-class medal. It was then that he began teaching at the art school and married Francisca Pellicer López, who was also from a family of artists. He was named a Professor at the school in 1903. During these years, he travelled extensively, visiting Italy, France, England, and the Low Countries. At the National Exhibition of 1906, his entry, Nurseries of Love (depicting prostitution), was rejected for being immoral, but received more attention from the public than the winning entries. At the Exhibition of 1908, he was awarded a first-class medal for his Gypsy Muse. In 1912, his work went unrecognized again, but his admirers presented him with his own gold medal, sculpted by Julio Antonio. After being snubbed at the Exhibition of 1915, he stopped participating, but chose to settle in Madrid. In 1916, he became a Professor of "Antique Drawing and Clothing" at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He represented the Academia at numerous international exhibitions, but his greatest success came in 1922 when he went to Buenos Aires with his brother Enrique to open a showing at the Witcomb Gallery. His presentation included a catalog written by the famous author, Ramón del Valle-Inclán, and was a resounding success. Shortly after, he was elected a full member of the Real Academia, and the academy in Córdoba. By 1928, his health was visibly declining and his doctors advised him to take a long rest. Exhausted from overwork and liver disease, he returned to his hometown in 1930 to recuperate, but continued to work. He left two paintings unfinished when he died at the age of fifty-five. Much of the city turned out to mourn.
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings José Romero de Torres, Julio Romero De Torres, Julio Romero Torres and Jose Romero de Torres.
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1874
Julio Romero de Torres born at Córdoba.
1913
The Sin (Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía).
1929
La Fuensanta.
1930
Julio Romero de Torres died at Córdoba.
Selected paintings
The Museum of Julio Romero de Torres at his former residence in Córdoba houses examples of his works, as well as works by Francisco Zurbarán, Alejo Fernández, Antonio del Castillo, and Valdés Leal. Some of his important works at the museum include Amor místico y amor profano, El Poema de Córdoba, Marta y María, La saeta, Cante hondo, La consagración de la copla, Carmen, and La chiquita piconera. • Illustration — Fate • Illustration — Nuestra Señora de Andalucía • Illustration — Self-portrait (c.1905) • Illustration — La Saeta • Illustration — The Venus of Poetry • Illustration — Oranges and Lemons • Illustration — La chiquita piconera • Illustration — La Fuensanta
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