Old Man Dressed in White

Old Man Dressed in White

Artist: José Tapiró y Baró
Title: Old Man Dressed in White/ Vieil homme en blanc
Signed:
Medium: Watercolour
Size:
Spanish Orientalist

Profile at Beach

Profile at Beach

Artist: Jose Tapiro y Baro
Title: Profile at Beach /PROFIL AUX COQUILLAGES
Signed:
Medium:
Size:
Spanish Orientalist

African Musicians

African Musicians


Artist: José Tapiro y Baro
Title: African Musicians/ Musiciens africains
Signed 'Tapiro Tanger' bottom right
Medium: Watercolor/aquarelle
Size: 27 x 18.7 in. / 68.5 x 47.5 cm.

Moorish man

Moorish man

Artist José Tapiro y Baro
Title: Moorish man/ Viejo moro
Signed:
Medium: Watercolor heightened with bodycolor
Size: 26.6 x 18.5 in. (67.5 x 47 cm)
Spanish Orientalist

Moor in a Headdress

Moor in a Headdress

Artist: José Tapiro y Baro
Title: Moor in a Headdress
Signed
Medium: Watercolor
Size: 26.6 x 18.7 in (67.6 x 47.6 cm)

Image Courtesy of Alejandro Cabeza

A Tangerian Beauty

A Tangerian Beauty



Artist: José Tapiró i Baró (1836-1913)
Title: A Tangerian Beauty
Signed:
Medium: Watercolor/Aquarelle
Size: 26 x 18 1/2 in.
Spanish Orientalist

This image was provided by my Spanish artist friend Alejandro Cabeza

Tapiró Baró painted a number of Orientalist images, the result of time spent in Tangier, the Moroccan city just across the narrow Strait of Gibraltar, where he eventually died. In this vivid watercolor, the silken gleam of the headscarf, the glint of gold, the glow of pearls, and the careful study of a particular physiognomy contribute to the remarkable immediacy of the image. The frame is original to this work, and apart from several decorative motifs, contains the number 1309, which probably refers to the Muslim calendar of the Hegira, which started counting in 622 AD and commemorates the prophet Muhammed's departure from Mecca. If converted to the Gregorian calendar, the year would be about 1891 AD.
Source: Dahesh Museum

To see other works by this artist visit my José Tapiró i Baró blog.

Biography

1836 - February 7 born in Reus, died in 1913 - Tangier Spanish painter. Fortuny began his formative art lessons through the guidance of local artist Domènec Soberano.

He completed his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona under his professor, the portrait artist Vicente Rodes (1791-1858) and teacher Claudio Lorenzale (1815-1889)
1866 - Barcelona won honorable mention for 'The Arrival of the two Poets to the ninth pit' inspired by the Divine Comedy
1866 - won 3rd place medal at National Exhibition of Fine Arts in Barcelona
1875 - painted 'The Garden of the Golden Apples
1875 - painted El gaitero Arabic
1871 - traveled to Tangiers accompanied by his friend the painter Mariano Fortuny, and started to paint scenes of Morocco
1874 - permanently settled in Tangier
1893 - Chicago won medal at the Universal Exhibition of 1893 in Chicago
1907 - stayed in Spain
1908 - stayed in Spain

Year? African Musicians
Year? Moor in a Headdress
Year? Moorish Man
Year? Old Man Dressed in White

Year? Profile at Beach
Year? Tangerian Beauty