Mariano Fortuny Marsal (1838–1874)

Spanish painter who died at 36 from malaria caught while painting outdoors, leaving behind shimmering Orientalist scenes.

ABOUT

Mariano Fortuny y Marsal (Catalan: Marià Fortuny i Marsal, pronounced [məɾiˈa fuɾˈtuɲ i məɾ'sal]; June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874) was a Spanish painter known for works focusing on Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist genre painting, and military painting of Spanish imperial expansion. == Biography == Mariano Fortuny was born in Reus, near Tarragona, Catalonia. His father died when he was an infant, and his mother by the time he was 12. Thus, Mariano w…

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NOTABLE WORKS

Moors on Horseback 1838 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Tangier, Seated Arabs 1838 · The Metropolitan Museum of Art Portrait of Francesc Esteve i Sans 1854 · Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya Saint Joseph Church, Madrid 1855 · Cleveland Museum of Art Seated Arabian 1855 · Cleveland Museum of Art Two cardinals 1855 · Cleveland Museum of Art

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Diego VelázquezSpanish Baroque Francisco GoyaRomanticism Jean-Honoré FragonardRococo Eugène DelacroixRomanticism

Influenced

John Singer SargentRealism William Merritt ChaseImpressionism Joaquín SorollaLuminism Mariano Fortuny y MadrazoArt Nouveau