Francisco Nicolás Iturrino González (9 September 1864 – 20 June 1924) was a Spanish

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painter of

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ancestry. He is sometimes classified as a

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Biography

Iturrino was born in

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. In 1872, his family moved to

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. While he was still very young, he received his first drawing lessons from his uncle, Elviro González, who was a poet, painter and musician.Brief biography
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school, he went to

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to study engineering, but his early exposure to art led him to abandon his classes and, without his parents' knowledge, move to Brussels to study painting at the

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instead.Brief biography
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. To pursue his new-found career, he went to Paris, where he worked with

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, a friend from Brussels. In 1901, he had advanced to the point that he was able to show his work at the prestigious Vollard Gallery, alongside a then-unknown

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. Later, he had a showing at the

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. Soon after, he returned home, walked across Spain, stayed for a time in

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, then established his workshop in

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. In 1906, he married Marie Joséphine Delwit Schwartz, who he had met in Belgium. He continued to travel throughout the Basque Country, France and

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, which was his favorite place because of the landscapes, although he also painted bullfights, festivals and portraits of women. During this time his palette brightened and he made more use of contrasting colors. From 1911 to 1912, he spent some time in Morocco with

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, a close friend he had met in the workshops of

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, and who he often stayed with when visiting Paris. He had a major showing in 1919, hosted by the

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. In 1920, he developed

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on one of his legs, requiring an operation. It had to be amputated the following year. After that, he confined himself to etching, required further surgery, and soon found himself in financial difficulties. The art historian,

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, helped organize an exhibition at the Galerie Rosenberg, featuring paintings donated by Matisse, Picasso and several other of Iturrino's friends. With the money raised, he was able to retire to Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1922 and died there two years later, aged 59.

Selected paintings

Francisco Iturrino The Bath (Seville).jpg, The Bath File:Iturrino Sunday.jpg, Sunday Francisco Iturrino Cattle Fair in Salamanca.jpg, Cattle Fair in Salamanca File:Francisco Iturrino - Manolas - Google Art Project.jpg, Manolas

References

External links

Arcadja Auctions: More works by Iturrino

"Francisco Iturrino: Memoria y Semblanza
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Biography

Selected paintings

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