Simó Gómez

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Simó Gómez Polo in 1901

Simó Gómez Polo (born November 11, 1845 in Barcelona ; † June 11, 1880 there ) was a Spanish ( Catalan ) engraver and painter.

Life

Gómez attended the art school La Llotja in his hometown , where he was a student of Josep Serra and Ramón Martí Alsina (painting) and Eusebi Planas (lithography).

In 1862 he went to Paris with his brother Enric Gómez . There they enrolled at the École des Beaux-Arts (EBA) and were taught by Alexandre Cabanel and Robert Fleury , among others . Before her final return to Barcelona in 1869, Gómez spent a few weeks - also with his brother - in Madrid to study the old masters at the Museo del Prado .

In 1873 Gómez married Rosa Font in Barcelona and had a son, Enric Gómez Font, with her.

Works (selection)

The dice players, 1874
  • San Sebastian
  • Las dudas de Santo Tomás
  • El guitarrista (1876)
  • Las cartas
  • Els daus (The Dice Players, 1874)
  • El pendiente
  • Retrato del mueblista Francesc Vidal i Jevellí (1875)

literature

  • Emmanuel Bénézit: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire de peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays . Neuaufl, Grund, Paris 1999ff.

Web links

Commons : Simon Gomez  - collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Gómez, Simó
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gómez Polo, Simó (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish (Catalan) engraver and painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona
DATE OF DEATH June 11, 1880
Place of death Barcelona