Saturday, March 15, 2008

Mariano Fortuny

Mariano Fortuny and Madrazo (May 11, 1871 - May 3, 1949), the son of Mariano Fortuny and Marsal. Spanish fashion designer, opened her couture house in 1906 and continued until 1946.

Fortuny was born to a family already in Grenada artistic Spain. His father, a painter of genre, Fortuny died when he was three years old and her mother, the family moved to Paris, France .. It soon became apparent at an early age that Fortuny was a talented artist, which shows an early skill as a painter. The family moved again in 1889 to Venice. Fortuny traveled search for influence across Europe, one of these people is the German composer Richard Wagner. Fortuny became a great variety in their talent, some of them including painting, photography, sculpture, architecture, engraving and even theatrical stage lighting. In 1897 he met his future wife Henriette Negrín, in Paris.

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