The portrait of Julio Romero de Torres on 100 Spanish pesetas from 1953.
Julio Romero de Torres on chair (1905).
Monument to Julio Romero de Torres in Cordoba, Spain.
Julio Romero de Torres was born on November 9, 1874 in Cordoba, Spain. His father was the famous painter Rafael Romero Barros and his mother was Rosario de Torres Delgado. Julio learned about art from his father who was the director, curator and founder of Córdoba's Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes and an impressionist painter. Julio had a brother, Enrique.
Julio Romero de Torres learned about art from his father. He started studying at the School of Fine Arts of Cordoba when he was 10. In 1906 he went to Madrid to study.
Romero de Torres also traveled all over Europe to study and pick up a symbolist style.
Julio Romero de Torres painted his first known work in 1890 which was called "La huerta de los Morales" (The Garden of the Morales). In 1906 he travelled significantly, visiting places such as Italy, France, England and the Netherlands. His trip across Europe led him to encounter and acquire the Symbolist style for which he is most famous.
In 1914 Romero de Torres relocated to Madrid, where he made contact with the intellectual and artistic environment of the time together with his brother Enrique. His paintings began to reflect the philosophical currents of the times. When the First World War began in 1914, Julio Romero de Torres joined the Allies side and fought in the war as a pilot. After the war in 1916 he became a professor of Clothing Design in the School of Fine Arts in Madrid.
In 1922 he traveled to The Argentine Republic with his brother Enrique. An exhibition of his work was held in Argentina and was extremely well received by the Argentine public and art critics. Julio later got sick and returned to Córdoba to recover, but his condition continued to deteriorate.
Julio Romero de Torres died on May 10, 1930 in Cordoba, Spain.
Julio Romero de Torres was awarded the first prize medal at the National Exhibition with his painting 'Musa gitana' (Gypsy Muse) in 1908. This award was followed by a series of others which included the first prize at the Barcelona Exhibition in 1911 and the first prize at the Munich International Exhibition of 1913.
Pears
La musa gitana
Venus of Poetry
Amor sagrado, amor profano
La esclava
Salomé
La nieta de Trini
Magdalena
Córdoba
Regreso del hijo pródigo
Córdoba
Córdoba
Ofrenda al arte del toreo
Tristeza Andaluza
Adela Carbone, La Tanagra
La Buenaventura
Woman with a Guitar
Rivalidad
El cohete
Monjita
Samaritana
Dolorosa
Retrato de Dama Joven
La gracia
Autorretrato joven
Cartel corrida benéfica de toros
La Virgen de los faroles
El pecado
Nun
Raquel Meller
A Friend of Torres Arias
Cordobesa
Noemí y sus hijastras
La muerte de Santa Inés
Carmen and Fuensanta
He was a member of the Royal Academy in Cordoba and the San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
