José María Fenollera

José María Fenollera e Ibáñez (10 December 1851, Valencia - 6 December 1918, Santiago de Compostela) was a Spanish painter, known primarily for portraits.

Self-portrait (c. 1900)
Portrait of Alfredo Brañas

Biography

He studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos. Later, thanks to a scholarship from the Diputación Provincial de Valencia, 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 Café de Fornos.

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 Regionalismo Gallego movement. He was primarily devoted to painting portraits of Galician notables; such as the writer, Alfredo Brañas, Eugenio Montero Ríos, José Carvajal y Hué and Cardinal Miguel Payá y Rico. He also did a series on the Presidents of the Sociedad Económica de los Amigos del País. Later, he created frescoes at the Universidad de Santiago de Compostela.[1]

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 Exposición Rexional de 1909.[2]

References
  1. "José María Fenollera" Archived 2018-04-11 at the Wayback Machine by José Manuel García Iglesias, El Correo Gallego
  2. "Urge restaurar las pinturas de Fenollera" Archived 2018-04-11 at the Wayback Machine by Alfonso Fernández-Cid Fenollera, El Correo Gallego

Further reading
  • Alfonso Fernández-Cid Fenollera, Fenollera: Pintor Gallego por amor, Consorcio De Santiago, 2008 ISBN 978-84-934415-5-5
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