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Simó Gómez Polo (11 November 1845 – 11 June 1880) was a Catalan painter and engraver in the Realist style.
/ref> At the age of seventeen, he travelled to Paris with his brother Enric, who was also an engraver, with the intention of finding employment in the workshop of the French lithographer Alfred Lemercier. However, once there, he decided to become a painter and enroll at the École des Beaux-arts. To prepare for his entrance exam, he worked in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Tony Robert-Fleury. Meanwhile, he went through the museums of Paris, copying the classics. During this time, he gave up the Academicism of his early years and embraced Realism. He was also heavily influenced by the works of Édouard Manet and Eugène Delacroix. After his family's ability to provide financial assistance was exhausted, Cabanel and Fleury were sufficiently impressed with his abilities to petition Queen Isabella II (who visited Paris in 1865) to provide a stipend so Gómez could continue his studies. Unfortunately, the petition was dismissed on the grounds that too many stipends had already been given, so he and Enric had to return to Spain. After a few years in Barcelona, they lived in Madrid for a year and a half, where Simó frequented the
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Simó Gómez Polo (11 November 1845 – 11 June 1880) was a Catalan painter and engraver in the Realist style.
Biography
He was born in Barcelona, and studied at the Escola de la Llotja underRamón Martà Alsina Ramón or Ramon may refer to:
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and in the lithography workshop of Eusebi Planas
Eusebi Planas i Franquesa (1833, Barcelona - 13 March 1897, Barcelona)) was a Catalan graphic artist, lithographer and watercolorist.
Life and work
His family wanted him to study law, but his artistic inclinations prevailed, and he found work ...
.EPdLP: Brief biography/ref> At the age of seventeen, he travelled to Paris with his brother Enric, who was also an engraver, with the intention of finding employment in the workshop of the French lithographer Alfred Lemercier. However, once there, he decided to become a painter and enroll at the École des Beaux-arts. To prepare for his entrance exam, he worked in the studios of Alexandre Cabanel and Tony Robert-Fleury. Meanwhile, he went through the museums of Paris, copying the classics. During this time, he gave up the Academicism of his early years and embraced Realism. He was also heavily influenced by the works of Édouard Manet and Eugène Delacroix. After his family's ability to provide financial assistance was exhausted, Cabanel and Fleury were sufficiently impressed with his abilities to petition Queen Isabella II (who visited Paris in 1865) to provide a stipend so Gómez could continue his studies. Unfortunately, the petition was dismissed on the grounds that too many stipends had already been given, so he and Enric had to return to Spain. After a few years in Barcelona, they lived in Madrid for a year and a half, where Simó frequented the
Museo del Prado
The Prado Museum ( ; ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to house one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the ...
, copying the masters. He received several commissions at that time, including a project to decorate the Palace of the , together with the painter José Marcelo Contreras
José Marcelo Contreras y Muñoz (16 January 1827 – 1890/92) was a Spanish painter and art professor. Largely remembered as a painter of historical scenes, he also created portraits and genre works.
Biography
He was born in Granada. His father, ...
. Upon returning home, he opened a studio in the Poble Sec
El Poble-sec (; ) is a neighborhood in the ''Sants-Montjuïc'' district of Barcelona, Catalonia (Spain). The neighborhood is located between Montjuïc mountain and the Avinguda del Paral·lel. It covers around 70 hectares.
The Poble Sec station ...
district, which served as a meeting place for the local art community. LluÃs Graner
LluÃs Graner i ArrufÃ, or Arrufat in Spanish (5 February 1863–7 May 1929) was a Spanish painter in the Realistic style.
Biography
He was born in Barcelona, and studied at the Escola de la Llotja from 1883, with Antoni Caba (color/comp ...
, Josep Cusachs
José Cusachs y Cusachs (19 July 1851, Montpellier – 1908, Barcelona) was a Spanish people, Spanish soldier and painter.
Biography
He was born in France, while his parents were travelling, but spent most of his life in the area between Barce ...
and Joan Brull
Joan Brull i Vinyoles (25 January 1863, Barcelona - 3 February 1912, Barcelona) was a Catalan painter active in the late 19th century. He was a Catalan symbolist painter, along with other artists including Adrià Gual, Josep Maria Tamburini, and ...
were among those who had their first art lessons there.
In 1874, he presented his painting ''Arrepentimiento de Judas'' (''The Repentance of Judas'') as part of his application for a professorship at the Escola de la Llotja, but Antoni Caba
Antoni Caba i Casamitjana (1838 – 25 January 1907) was a Spaniards, Spanish painter who worked in the Realism (art), Realistic style and is best known for his portraits.
Biography
Antoni Caba was born in Barcelona. He attended the Escola de ...
was chosen for the position instead. Gómez died in Barcelona, aged 34, from unspecified causes.
References
Further reading
* Feliu ElÃas, ''Simó Gómez: Història verÃdica d'un pintor del Poble Seç'', Junta Municipal d'Exposicions d'Art, 1913.External links
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