Enrique Simonet

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Simonet and the second or maternal family name is Lombardo.
Enrique Simonet
Self-portrait 1910
Born
Enrique Simonet Lombardo

February 2, 1866
Valencia, Spain
DiedApril 20, 1927(1927-04-20) (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
Known forPainting

Enrique Simonet Lombardo (February 2, 1866 – April 20, 1927) was a Spanish painter.[1][2][3]

Early life

Simonet was born in Valencia. 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 Málaga. He also attended the workshop of Bernardo Ferrándiz Bádenes, forming part of the Malaga school of painting.[4]

Work and travel

In 1887 obtained a grant to study painting in the Fine Arts Academy in Rome, where he painted in 1890 Heart's Anatomy; a painting that would bring him international recognition and which won him several prizes.[5] Taking advantage of his stay Simonet traveled throughout Italy, visited Paris several times and in 1890 he made a tour of the Mediterranean[6]. He also traveled to the Holy Land, where he painted his monumental work Flevit super illam (painting); work for which he received numerous medals including Madrid in 1892, Chicago in 1893, Barcelona in 1896 and Paris in 1900.[7][8] In 1893 and 1894 Simonet traveled to Morocco as a war correspondent for the magazine La Ilustración Española y Americana.[9][10][11]

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.[12] Between 1921 and 1922 he was director of the Private Paular for landscapers.

Death and legacy

Simonet died on April 20, 1927.[13] He has paintings at Museo del Prado and Museo de Málaga. His painting The Beheading of Saint Paul is in a preferred place at the Malaga Cathedral.[14] 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.[15]

Paintings

See also

References

  1. ^ "Simonet Lombardo, Enrique - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-06-19. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  2. ^ Palomo Díaz, Francisco José (1980). "Vida y obra de Enrique Simonet Lombardo" (PDF). www.cedma.es (in Spanish). Archived (PDF) from the original on 2021-06-14. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  3. ^ "Enrique Simonet". www.epdlp.com. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  4. ^ Guerrero, Teresa Sauret (October 2010). Diez obras emblemáticas de Enrique Simonet (in Spanish). Museo Nacional del Prado. ISBN 978-84-92633-31-9.
  5. ^ "Enrique Simonet" (PDF). Faces of death: visualising history. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-30.
  6. ^ "Into the Light: Enrique Simonet, Death and the countryside, up to 1900". The Eclectic Light Company. 2016-08-08. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  7. ^ "Flevit super illam". Museo Del Prado.
  8. ^ "DIEZ OBRAS EMBLEMÁTICAS DE ENRIQUE SIMONET". www.lahornacina.com. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  9. ^ "Simonet Lombardo, Enrique - Colección - Museo Nacional del Prado". www.museodelprado.es (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2024-11-27. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  10. ^ Palomo Díaz, Francisco José (1980). Estudio de la obra de Enrique Simonet Lombardo (PDF) (30 ed.). JABEGA Magazine. pp. 41–56.
  11. ^ Cohard, Juan López (2022-07-16). "Un óleo titulado Marrakech". Málaga Hoy (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  12. ^ "Enrique Simonet archivos". Asociación Española de Pintores y Escultores (in Spanish). 2020-10-02. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  13. ^ ""Anatomía del corazón" 1890, Enrique simonet lombardo (1866-1927)". Revista Médica Clínica Las Condes (in Spanish). 23 (6): 791. 2012-11-01. doi:10.1016/S0716-8640(12)70385-1. ISSN 0716-8640.
  14. ^ "The beheading of Saint Paul in Málaga's Cathedral". Aleteia. Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  15. ^ Proyectos, HI Iberia Ingeniería y. "Real Academia de la Historia | Historia Hispánica". historia-hispanica.rah.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2026-01-04.
  • Media related to Enrique Simonet at Wikimedia Commons
  • Biography at Museo del Prado (in Spanish)
  • About Flevit super illam (in Spanish)
  • About Anatomy of the heart (may first have to click second image in first row here to see it)
  • About Judgement of Paris (in Spanish)
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