Eugenio Hermoso. Autorretrato c. 1930. 03.
Eugenio Hermoso Martínez (
Fregenal de la Sierra
Fregenal de la Sierra (originally Frexnal or Frexenal) is a municipality located in the province of Badajoz, Extremadura, Spain.
Geography
Fregenal de la Sierra is located in the Sierra Suroeste comarca (county), among the small hills and rav ...
, February 26, 1883Madrid, February 2, 1963) was a
Spanish painter active in
Badajoz.
He was a professor of the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, and a contemporary of
Benito Arias Montano and
Juan Bravo Murillo
Juan Bravo Murillo (24 June 1803 – 11 February 1873) was a Spanish politician, jurist and economist. He was president of the council of ministers of Spain (equivalent to the present-day position of prime minister / president of the govern ...
.
Hermoso was a student of
Gonzalo Bilbao
Gonzalo Bilbao Martínez (27 May 1860 – 4 December 1938) was a Spanish costumbrista painter and art professor.
Biography
He was born in Seville, the son of a well-to-do lawyer and the older brother of the sculptor, Joaquín Bilbao. With ...
and
José Jiménez Aranda
José Jiménez Aranda (7 February 1837 – 6 May 1903) was a Spanish painter and brother of the painters Luis Jiménez Aranda and Manuel Jiménez Aranda.
Biography and works
Origins and early influences
He was initiated in his first steps ...
in
Seville. He moved to Madrid in 1901. In 1904, he won the bronze medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts with ''La muchacha haciendo media'',
which was acquired by the
Museum of Cádiz. His painting of "some rosy-pink peasant women carrying pumpkins and chickens and seen against the background of a setting sun" won much acclaim.
He lived in the same place for several years with
Daniel Vázquez Díaz. Together, they had attended classes taught by Jiménez Aranda in
Triana, Seville. In 1905, he exhibited ''El Colegio e Hijas del terruño'' at the Exposición del Círculo de Bellas Artes which was praised by
Francisco Alcantara and
José Francés
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ).
In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...
and also traveled to Paris and Brussels. In 1912, he exhibited at London.
In 1934, he exhibited in Argentina, Chile and Brazil. During the
Spanish Civil War (1936–39), he befriended the painters
Fernando Labrada and
Francisco Prieto Santos.
References
External links
Eugenio Hermoso at mec.es
Eugenio Hermoso at wanadoo.es
Eugenio Hermoso at epdlp.com
Eugenio Hermoso at aletia8.com
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20th-century Spanish painters
20th-century Spanish male artists
Spanish male painters
1883 births
1963 deaths
People from Sierra Suroeste
