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Antonio Cortina Farinós (16 February 1841 – 6 November 1890) was a Spanish painter, decorator and art teacher.
from a 2003 exhibition catalog @ Academia.edu which would follow him throughout his life. While there, he would visit the studios of a local sculptor named Rafael Alemany, where he first displayed a talent for art. Thanks to Alemany, he began to audit classes at the
He soon attracted the attention of the professors, due to his habit of drawing cartoons in charcoal on streets and walls; which, although roundly and properly condemned by the property owners, did display his talent to good effect. His behavior even merited an article in the local newspaper.
In 1856, he received a fellowship of 3,000 Reales that enabled him to study at the Academia full-time until 1862. Five years later, he won a Silver Medal at the "Exposición Regional de Valencia" and took a Gold Medal at the "Exposición de Bellas Artes" of the in 1872. He became an honorary member of the "" in 1877 and was appointed an assistant professor of line drawing at the Academia in 1884.
In addition to his painting, he designed rides for a local festival and provided decorations for several cafés in Spain and France. He also produced murals for a number of churches throughout the
''Las Provincias''
"El nieto de Cortina confirma que las pinturas del Ateneo son de su abuelo y no de Sorolla" by Lola Soriano
''El pintor Antonio Cortina. Vida y obra'' by Ramón Ribera
El San Pío V ‘redescubre’ al pintor valenciano Antonio Cortina by Jimmy Entraigües *CULTURS PLAZ
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Biography
He was born inAlmàssera
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, a town north of Valencia
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. While he was still just a child, his parents would send him to the streets of Valencia to collect manure for the family farm. As a result, he acquired the nickname "El Femateret" (roughly, the "Little Gardener"),Biography and appreciationfrom a 2003 exhibition catalog @ Academia.edu which would follow him throughout his life. While there, he would visit the studios of a local sculptor named Rafael Alemany, where he first displayed a talent for art. Thanks to Alemany, he began to audit classes at the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia (Spanish language, Spanish for ''Saint Charles Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Valencia'') has been a Spain, Spanish Art school in Valencia, Spain, Valencia since 1768.
History
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at the age of ten.
He soon attracted the attention of the professors, due to his habit of drawing cartoons in charcoal on streets and walls; which, although roundly and properly condemned by the property owners, did display his talent to good effect. His behavior even merited an article in the local newspaper.
In 1856, he received a fellowship of 3,000 Reales that enabled him to study at the Academia full-time until 1862. Five years later, he won a Silver Medal at the "Exposición Regional de Valencia" and took a Gold Medal at the "Exposición de Bellas Artes" of the in 1872. He became an honorary member of the "" in 1877 and was appointed an assistant professor of line drawing at the Academia in 1884.
In addition to his painting, he designed rides for a local festival and provided decorations for several cafés in Spain and France. He also produced murals for a number of churches throughout the Valencian Community
The Valencian Community is an Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Spain. It is the fourth most populous Spanish Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community after Andalusia, Catalonia and the Community of Madrid wit ...
.
In January 1890, following the death of Professor , Cortina became the Acting Professor of Line Drawing and sought to be permanently appointed to that chair. Later that year, he went to Madrid as part of the application process but, in early November, was found dead in the attic of his residence on , apparently the victim of a robbery; the cause of death was stated as cerebral congestion
"Congestion of the brain" and "cerebral congestion" were medical terms used before hypertension was understood. The term was first proposed by Dr. von Basch in the nineteenth century and was widely used for the next 150 years, and had a major inf ...
from a blow to the head. Following the memorial service, several of his artist friends auctioned off a selection of their works to raise money for Cortina's widow and children. In 1897, his remains were deposited in the Pantheon at the .
References
Further reading
* María Ángeles Arazo, “Fantasía en los murales”, Miguel Ángel Catalá Gorgues, “Una peculiar contribución a la iconografía de los ángeles de Antonio Cortina”, Elvira Mas Zurita (Exhibition curator "Redescubriendo al pintor Antonio Cortina 1841-1890'), "Nótulas sobre Antonio Cortina" and "Cortina, un pintor postergado al olvido", and Luis Morote Greus,“Cortina” in ''Redescubriendo al pintor Antonio Cortina 1841-1890''. Exhibition catalog. Valencia: Consorcio de Museos de la Comunitat Valenciana, 2014. * Carmen Pinedo Herrero and Elvira Mas Zurita, ''El profesor que trajo las gallinas a la Escuela. Antonio Cortina Farinós (1841-1890)''. Valencia: Institució Alfons el Magnànim, 2007. * Consuelo Llopis Bauset, ''Antonio Cortina Farinos: Pintor 1841-1890''. self-published, 2004.External links
*GVA Museo Bellas Artes Valenci"El nieto de Cortina confirma que las pinturas del Ateneo son de su abuelo y no de Sorolla" by Lola Soriano
''El pintor Antonio Cortina. Vida y obra'' by Ramón Ribera
El San Pío V ‘redescubre’ al pintor valenciano Antonio Cortina by Jimmy Entraigües *CULTURS PLAZ
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