Elías Tormo y Monzó (1869–1957) was a Spanish art historian.

Life

Tormo was born in

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(

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), on 23 June 1869. He studied Law in Valencia and Arts in Madrid, becoming a professor at the

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. In 1903 he moved to Universidad Central (now

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) to take up the first professorship in Art History ever to be established in Spain. He eventually became rector of the university. Together with

Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez Manuel Gómez-Moreno Martínez (21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain – 7 June 1970 in Madrid, Spain), was a Spanish archaeologist and historian. Biography Martinez was born 21 February 1870 in Granada, Spain. He is the son of noted paint ...

he founded the journal '' Archivo Español de Arte y Arqueología''. He was a member of the

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and of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. He also served in public office as a parliamentarian (1903-5, 1907-23, 1927-30, 1949-52), and as

Minister of Public Instruction and Fine Arts Minister may refer to: * Minister (Christianity), a Christian cleric ** Minister (Catholic Church) * Minister (government), a member of government who heads a ministry (government department) ** Minister without portfolio, a member of government w ...

(1930-31). In 1924 Alfonso XIII did away with the distinction between state and personal arms by combining the two. Elías Tormo was the author of the reform, he took the arms of Charles III, substituted the Aragon quarter with Jerusalem, and replaced the escutcheon with the state arms. He died in Madrid on 21 December 1957.

Works

* ''Jacomart y el arte hispano-flamenco cuatrocentista'' (Madrid, 1913) * ''Las Viejas series icónicas de los reyes de España'' (Madrid, 1916) * with

Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón Francisco Javier Sánchez Cantón (1891–1971) was a Spanish art historian, who from 1960 to 1968 was Director of the Museo del Prado. Life Born in Pontevedra, Galicia (Spain), on 14 July 1891, in 1913 he obtained a doctorate from the Centra ...

, ''Los Tapices de la Casa del Rey'' (Madrid, 1919) * ''Levante'' (Madrid, 1923) * ''Monumentos de Españoles en Roma, y de Portugueses e Hispano-Americanos'' (Madrid, 1942) * ''Las Murallas y las torres, los portales y el Alcazar del Madrid de la Reconquista, creación del Califato'' (Madrid, 1945) * with

, ''Pintura, escultura y arquitectura en España'' (Madrid, 1949)

References

External links

Works by Elias Tormo
available from Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes. {{DEFAULTSORT:Tormo y Monzo, Elias 1869 births 1957 deaths Spanish art historians Complutense University of Madrid 20th-century Spanish politicians