JOSÉ MARÍA FENOLLERA (Valencia, 1851 - Santiago... Lot 34

JOSÉ MARÍA FENOLLERA (Valencia, 1851 - Santiago de Compostela, 1918). "Orientalist Lady". Oil on canvas. Relined. It has faults and restorations. Signed in the middle right area. Measurements: 55 x 47 cm. Portrait of lady of oval format, in which the artist shows us the profile of a young woman who adopts a romantic and self-absorbed gesture. As for the clothing, the headscarf, the jewellery she wears and even the fan suggest a regional costume. José María Fenollera trained academically in his native city, studying at the renowned San Carlos School of Fine Arts. Later, thanks to a scholarship granted by the Diputación Provincial de Valencia, he was able to travel to Rome, together with Pinzo and Sorrolla. After finishing his time in the Italian capital, he moved to Paris, where he studied photoengraving. On returning to Spain, he began working at the Royal Tapestry Factory, for whom he painted several cartoons. In 1887 he moved to Santiago de Compostela, where he had obtained a teaching post at the city's School of Fine Arts. His work was strongly linked to regionalism, although the area in which he was most popular with critics was portraiture. In fact, he even painted portraits of the most important personalities of the time, such as Cardinal Pavá.