Ricardo Macarrón
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Ricardo Macarrón | |
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| Born | Ricardo Macarrón Jaime April 9, 1926 |
| Died | May 14, 2004 (aged 78) |
| Resting place | Almudena cemetery, Madrid, Spain |
| Nationality | Spanish |
| Alma mater | Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando |
| Occupation(s) | artist, painter, portraitist |
| Spouse | Alicia Iturrioz |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Rafa Macarrón (great nephew) |
Ricardo Macarrón Jaime (1926–2004), was a Spanish painter and portraitist.[1] He is known for his court paintings for European royalty and portraits of aristocracy,[2] including four generations of the House of Bourbon,[3] and Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg.
Early life
[edit]Ricardo Macarrón Jaime was born April 9, 1926, in Madrid, Spain.[1][4] His father Juan Macarrón Despierto owned a workshop for art restorers and carvers.[4]
Macarrón attended Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, studying under Joaquín Valverde Lasarte.[1][5][4] While he was a student he made his first portrait of artist Joaquín García Donaire in 1943.[4] Macarrón won many art awards while he was a student.[4] He met his future wife Alicia Iturrioz in college, where she also attended too.[6] Together they had two daughters.[6]
Career and late life
[edit]He had three marked periods of style in his paintings – from 1955 to 1960 he was working with a cubist influence; from 1960 to 1968 his work was darker and emphasized "disenchantment"; and in later life in the 1990s the work reflected his strong technical skills and techniques.[4] Macarrón had painted portraits of three Queens, Sofia of Spain, Elizabeth II of England, Noor of Jordan.[4] Also notable is his 1961 portrait of Carmen Cervera.[7]
Macarrón died on May 14, 2004, in Riaza, Spain.[8] He was cremated and has a memorial in Almudena cemetery in Madrid.[4] After Macarróns death, Iturrioz wrote the memoir Mi Vida con Ricardo Macarrón (2014) about their shared life experiences.
His work is found in public museum collections, including the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum,[9][10] and Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Who's Who in Spain. Who's Who in Italy S.R.L. 1992. p. 853. ISBN 978-88-85246-14-0.
- ^ Marin–Medina, José (2001-05-30). "Macarrón, galería de retratos" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ Lorenzo, Clara G. (2021-09-09). "Muere la pintora Alicia Iturrioz a los 94 años". La Nueva España (in Spanish). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "Ricardo Macarrón Jaime". Real Academia de la Historia, Spanish Biographical Dictionary. Government of Spain. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ Who's Who in the World. Marquis Who's Who. 1970. p. 590. ISBN 978-0-8379-1101-4.
- ^ a b "Fallece Alicia Iturrioz, la artista a la sombra del retratista de la aristocracia" [Alicia Iturrioz, the Artist in the Shadow of the Aristocratic Portraitist, Dies]. Naiz: (Bilbao) (in Spanish). 2021-09-09. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ "Macarron, Ricardo". Le Delarge – Le dictionnaire des arts plastiques modernes et contemporains (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ Beyer, Andreas; Savoy, Bénédicte; Tegethoff, Wolf, eds. (2009). "Macarron, Ricardo". General Artist Lexicon - International Artist Database - Online: General Artist Lexicon Online / Artists of the World Online. Berlin, New York: KG Saur.
- ^ Adam, Georgina (2019-11-01). "Collector Francesca Thyssen-Bornemisza on artists being advocates for change". Financial Times. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
- ^ "La noche en la que Tita Thyssen fue coronada 'Lady España': un vestido de Balmain, las joyas de su boda con Espartaco y un caballo regalado". Vanity Fair España (in European Spanish). Condé Nast. 2021-08-01. Retrieved 2022-01-02.
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