Luis Ricardo Falero
Paintings
The poppy fairy
The Favorite
The Enchantress
Reclining nude
The Pole Star
The Planet Venus
The Moon Nymph
The Moon Nymph
A Fairy Under Starry Skies
Moonlit Beauties
The Human Soul
Dawn
Story of a Comet
An Oriental Beauty
Caught in the Web
Twin Star
Bedouin Girl
Study of a Witch
Egyptian Woman with Harp
Reclining Nude
A Beauty
Nymph
Cyprian Godebski
Twin Stars
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The Planet Venus
Luis Ricardo Falero (1851 – December 7, 1896), Duke of Labranzano, was a Spanish painter. He specialized in female nudes and mythological, oriental and fantasy settings.[1] Most of his paintings contained at least one nude or topless female. His most common medium was oil on canvas.
Biography
Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents' disappointment. He walked all the way to Paris, where he studied art, chemistry and mechanical engineering. The experiments that he had to conduct in the latter two were so dangerous, however, that he decided to focus on painting alone.[2] After Paris, he studied in London, where he eventually settled.[1]
Falero had a particular interest in astronomy and incorporated celestial constellations into many of his works, such as "The Marriage of a Comet" and "Twin Stars". His interest and knowledge of astronomy also led him to illustrate the works of Camille Flammarion.[1]
In 1896, the year of his death, Maud Harvey sued Falero for paternity. The suit alleged that Falero seduced Harvey when she was 17 first serving as his housemaid, and then model. When he discovered she was pregnant, he dismissed her. She won the case and was awarded five shillings per week in support of their child.[1]
Falero died at University College Hospital, London, at the age of 45.
References
Eduardo Dizy Caso (1997) Les orientalistes de l'École Espagnole. Paris: ACR Édition Internationale. pp.96-97
Luis Ricardo Falero biography at ArtMagick.com
European Orientalists Biography from Mezzo-Mondo.com
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