José María Fenollera e Ibáñez (10 December 1851 – 6 December 1918) was a
Spanish painter, known primarily for portraits.
Life
He studied at the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. Later, thanks to a scholarship from the , he was able to spend five years in Rome (1872-1877). After that, he travelled to Paris, where he learned the techniques of
photoengraving. He eventually settled in Madrid, where he created designs for the
Royal Tapestry Factory and decorated the popular .
In 1887, he moved to Santiago de Compostela, where he established himself as a Professor at the School of Fine Arts and became involved in the
Galician regionalist movement. He was primarily devoted to painting portraits of
Galician notables; such as the writer, ,
Eugenio Montero Ríos
Eugenio Montero Ríos (13 November 1832, in Santiago de Compostela – 12 May 1914, in Madrid) was a leading member of the Spanish Liberal Party before being part of a 1903 schism that divided it. He also served briefly as Prime Minister of Spa ...
,
José Carvajal y Hué and Cardinal . He also did a series on the Presidents of the
Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País. Later, he created
fresco
Fresco (plural ''frescos'' or ''frescoes'') is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster. Water is used as the vehicle for the dry-powder pigment to merge with the plaster, and with the setting of the plaste ...
es at the
Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.
In 1890, he married Consuelo Velón y González-Pardo, a member of the Galician nobility.
He was awarded a gold medal, with a Diploma of Honor, at the .
"Urge restaurar las pinturas de Fenollera"
by Alfonso Fernández-Cid Fenollera, El Correo Gallego
References
Further reading
*Alfonso Fernández-Cid Fenollera, ''Fenollera: Pintor Gallego por amor'', Consorcio De Santiago, 2008
External links
"José María Fenollera: un artista perturbador e iconoclasta"
by Jorge Fernández-Cid
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1851 births
1918 deaths
Spanish painters
Painters from Galicia (Spain)
Spanish portrait painters
Artists from Valencia