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| Fruto de Amor, 1926. |
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| Cazadores Primitivos, 1953. |
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| Pepita, 1929. |
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| Juventud de Baco, 1932. |
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| Pasión, 1926. |
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| La Favorita, 1947. |
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| Idilio, 1926. |
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| Fauno Galante, 1929. |
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| Turba sin Dios, 1934. |
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| Autorretrato, 1930. |
Francisco Soria Aedo (3 May 1897, Granada - 2 November 1965, Madrid), Spanish figurative painter. He had his first professional art instruction at the age of fifteen, and at twenty-two he left for Madrid for further study. Not long after, he won the patronage of the Duque del Infantado, and was able to travel and continue his studies. He would go on to win prestigious awards, such as the second prize in the National Exhibition of 1924, and the first in the International Exhibition of Barcelona in 1929. That same year he married and he and his wife would have two children; his daughter would also become an artist. He began to show internationally, but the Spanish Civil War intervened; his home in Madrid was destroyed in the bombing, and his family moved to Valencia for the duration. After the war, in 1939, they moved to his hometown of Granada where they spent the next eight years. He continued to show widely, but mostly in Spain. In 1947, he became professor of color theory at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Madrid. a position he would hold until two months before his death.
Much of his work was devoted to the representation of Andalusian, Castilian, and Moroccan character types. And in almost all of his paintings, he employed dramatic lighting effects alongside a lavish display of chromatic richness.
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| Bodegón, 1943. (I couldn't help but include this "off-topic" - but gorgeous - still-life.) |
Absolutely gorgeous. This man's work is my newest obsession - scouring the internet to find high quality images of his work has me pulling my hair out! So far, these images here have been the best. I'm happy to have found this page, it will be saved in my bookmarks from here on out. Thank you.
ReplyDeleteYou're welcome! It can indeed be "challenging" to find good quality images online; I spend - hours - on the hunt! : )
DeleteSeem to spend my time exploring the Internet and all of its nonsense and untold visual and aural riches. Have found this after learning what I could about Soria Aedo. This work of Christ being physically abused by some, others looking on in horror and disgust, and some one ready to heave a great stone up Christ's body. I must have stared at it for an hour searching and searching for some tremendous reason - in my head - came up with no answers. Being born and raised Catholic I knew immediately that this was a portrayal of what, in this artist's imagination, happened to Christ after being taken down from the cross. A portrayal by an artist I had never heard of, and who had with such tremendous skill brought forth from his work, another and much more graphic look at those who would continue to crucify him if given a chance. Thank you for such a tremendously interesting website. Thank you, again! Richard.
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