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Moses Preaching to the Slaves of Egypt, ANTONI FABRÉS (1854-1938), signed lower left corner, 19th century Orientalist School Oil on canvas, signed A. Fabrés, 1882. Antoni Fabrés i Costa (1854 - 1938), disciple of Mariano Fortuny and considered the greatest exponent of Spanish orientalism in the second half of the 19th century, achieved great success both in Rome and Paris, receiving a medal in 1867 and entering the Llotja School in Barcelona where he studied sculpture. He was acclaimed in Barcelona, ​​London, Paris, Vienna and Lyon. . The president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz, appointed him General Inspector of Fine Arts of Mexico, a position he held until 1908. One of his last works in Mexico was the decoration of a hallway in Porfirio Díaz's house, where he mainly concentrated on the art nouveau style. Related literature: Carlos González López, Montserrat Martí Ayxelá: Spanish Painters in Roma (1850-1900), Sammer Galleries, Madrid, 1988. va Galán: Painters of Andalusian Romanticism. University of Granada, Grenada, 1994. Measurements: 151 x 115 cm.

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Moses Preaching to the Slaves of Egypt, ANTONI FABRÉS (1854-1938), signed lower left corner, 19th century Orientalist School Oil on canvas, signed A. Fabrés, 1882. Antoni Fabrés i Costa (1854 - 1938), disciple of Mariano Fortuny and considered the greatest exponent of Spanish orientalism in the second half of the 19th century, achieved great success both in Rome and Paris, receiving a medal in 1867 and entering the Llotja School in Barcelona where he studied sculpture. He was acclaimed in Barcelona, ​​London, Paris, Vienna and Lyon. . The president of Mexico, Porfirio Díaz, appointed him General Inspector of Fine Arts of Mexico, a position he held until 1908. One of his last works in Mexico was the decoration of a hallway in Porfirio Díaz's house, where he mainly concentrated on the art nouveau style. Related literature: Carlos González López, Montserrat Martí Ayxelá: Spanish Painters in Roma (1850-1900), Sammer Galleries, Madrid, 1988. va Galán: Painters of Andalusian Romanticism. University of Granada, Grenada, 1994. Measurements: 151 x 115 cm.

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