Enrique Simonet
Painting, Visual Artist
1866 – 1927
Who was Enrique Simonet?
Enrique Simonet Lombardo was a Spanish painter.
Enrique Simonet was born in Valencia and first studied at the Saint Charles Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Valencia.
In 1887 obtained a grant to study painting in the Fine Arts Academy in Rome, where he painted in 1890 Heart's anatomy also known as She had a heart! or Autopsy; a painting that would bring him international recognition and which won him several prizes.
He also obtained several international awards including Madrid in 1892, Chicago in 1893, Barcelona in 1896 and Paris in 1900.
His painting Saint Paul's beheading is in a preferred place at the Cathedral of Malaga.
In 1911 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid.
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- Born
- Feb 2, 1866
Valencia - Nationality
- Spain
- Lived in
- Valencia
- Died
- Apr 20, 1927
Madrid
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on July 23, 2013
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