JOSÉ GARNELO Y ALDA (Enguera,1866 - Montilla, 1944) "Death of Polonius", 1885-1886. Oil on paper glued to cardboard.

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  JOSÉ GARNELO Y ALDA (Enguera,1866 - Montilla, 1944) "Death of Polonius", 1885-1886. Oil on paper glued to cardboard. Signed and dated on the back. Measurements: 42 x 27 cm; 58 x 44 cm (frame). In a vaporous and sketched scene, almost dreamy, the final scene of the III act of Hamlet is represented. In which it is narrated how Hamlet goes to his mother's room to reproach her for marrying Claudius, when he hears noise behind the curtains, Hamlet thrusts his sword thinking that it is Claudius who is hiding, although in reality it is Polonius. In the play we can appreciate the moment in which Hamlet has already killed Polonius, when he finds the sword lying on the floor, and sees the ghost of his father, who is not seen by the queen. José Santiago Garnelo began his training in Montilla and Cabra, to finally enter the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, in Madrid, where he was an outstanding disciple of Castro Plasencia. During his time as a student he received several awards, such as the Colorido Medal in the 1885-85 academic year, and in 1888 he obtained a scholarship to Rome. In the Italian capital he will have as companions Sorolla and Villegas Cordero, among others. Once back in Spain, in 1893 he was appointed professor at the School of Fine Arts in Zaragoza, beginning a brilliant teaching career that would later take him to the Schools of Fine Arts in Cadiz and Barcelona, the latter city where he counted Pablo Picasso among his students. He was appointed academician of San Fernando in 1912, and three years later he was appointed deputy director of the Prado Museum. Also, from 1936 he directed the Spanish Academy in Rome. Garnelo sent his works to the National Exhibitions of Fine Arts, being awarded the second medal in 1877 and 1890 and the first in 1892. He also won the competition of the Royal Academy of San Fernando in 1894, and won an honorable mention at the Paris Salon in 1896 and a gold medal at the National Exhibition in Valencia in 1910. At the same time, he held exhibitions in the main Spanish capitals, as well as in Paris, London, Berlin and Chicago. He is currently represented in the Fine Arts Museums of Valencia and Seville, the one that bears his name in Montilla, the Aranjuez Palace in Madrid and the Naval Museum of the same city, among other public and private collections.
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