Marià Fortuny, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Marià Fortuny

Spanish painter

Date of Birth: 11-Jun-1838

Place of Birth: Reus, Catalonia, Spain

Date of Death: 21-Nov-1874

Profession: painter

Nationality: Spain

Zodiac Sign: Gemini

Marià Josep Maria Bernat Fortuny i Marsal (Catalan pronunciation: [m??i'a ?u'z?b m?'?i.? ß??'nat fu?'tu? i m??'sal]; Spanish: Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Marsal; June 11, 1838 – November 21, 1874), known more simply as Marià Fortuny or Mariano Fortuny, was the leading Spanish painter of his day, with an international reputation.
His brief career encompassed works on a variety of subjects common in the art of the period, including the Romantic fascination with Orientalist themes, historicist genre painting, military painting of Spanish colonial expansion, as well as a prescient loosening of brush-stroke and color.



Alternative names	Marià Fortuny i Carbó Mariano Fortuny Mariano José María Bernardo Fortuny y Carbo
Description	Spanish painter and engraver
Date of birth/death	11 June 1838	21 November 1874
Location of birth/death	Reus (Spain)	Rome (Italy)
Work location	Barcelona, Rome, Morocco, Granada
Authority control	: Q380052 VIAF: 66475439 ISNI: 0000 0000 8145 5891 ULAN: 500031539 LCCN: n50026065 WGA: FORTUNY Y MARSAL, Mariano WorldCat