Enrique Simonet Lombardo (February 2, 1866 – April 20, 1927) was a Spanish

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Early life

Simonet was born in

Valencia Valencia ( , ), formally València (), is the capital of the Province of Valencia, province and Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, the same name in Spain. It is located on the banks of the Turia (r ...

. His first vocation of childhood was religious studies, but he abandoned it to devote himself to painting. Despite being Valencian and studying at the Saint Charles Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Valencia, he joined a circle of artists in the city of

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. He also attended the workshop of Bernardo Ferrándiz Bádenes, forming part of the Malaga school of painting.

Work and travel

In 1887 obtained a grant to study painting in the Fine Arts Academy in

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, where he painted in 1890 ''Heart's Anatomy''; a painting that would bring him international recognition and which won him several prizes. Taking advantage of his stay Simonet traveled throughout Italy, visited Paris several times and in 1890 he made a tour of the Mediterranean. He also traveled to the

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, where he painted his monumental work '; work for which he received numerous medals including

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in 1892,

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in 1893,

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in 1896 and

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in 1900. In 1893 and 1894 Simonet traveled to

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as a

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for the magazine ''

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''.

Teaching

In 1901 he became professor of Studies and Forms of Nature and Art, at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1911 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Between 1921 and 1922 he was director of the Private Paular for landscapers.

Death and legacy

Simonet died on April 20, 1927. He has paintings at

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and Museo de Málaga. His painting ''The Beheading of Saint Paul'' is in a preferred place at the Malaga Cathedral. Since he was also devoted to decorative painting and landscape, among his surviving works which stand out are the four large canvases on ''Allegories of Law'' in the Palace of Justice in Barcelona and ''Allegories of the Eight Provinces'' in the Palace of Justice in Madrid.

Paintings

File:Decapitación de San Pablo - Simonet - 1887.jpg, ''The Beheading of Saint Paul''. 400 x 700 cm 1887 ( Málaga Cathedral) File:Enrique Simonet - La autopsia 1890.jpg, ''Autopsy''. 177 x 291 cm 1890 ( Museo de Málaga) File:Enrique Simonet - Flevit super illam 1892.jpg, '' Flevit super illam''
(''He wept over it''). 305 x 555 cm 1892 ( Prado Museum) File:Enrique Simonet - El Quite - 1897.jpg, ''El Quite''. 269 x 483 cm 1897 ( Museo de Málaga) File:Enrique Simonet - El Juicio de Paris.jpg, ''

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''. 215 x 331 cm 1904 ( Museo de Málaga) File:Simonet - expulsion mercaderes.jpg, alt=Cleansing of the Temple, ''Cleansing of the Temple''

References

External links

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About ''Flevit super illam''

About ''Anatomy of the heart''
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Simonet, Enrique 1866 births 1927 deaths 19th-century Spanish painters 19th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male painters 20th-century Spanish painters 20th-century Spanish male artists Painters from the Valencian Community Spanish Orientalist painters