Fortuny would bring his print-and-stencil technique to cotton yardage as well, to be used for interior decoration.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
It is called the Delphos, this idea, and it was born of Fortuny's admiration for classical Greece.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Perhaps the most eloquent fabric in the show is the one Fortuny made in memory of his late father.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Also on view is Fortuny's famous "Eleanora, " named for the Italian actress Eleanora Duse, who wore the gown onstage.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
In 1907, influenced by an ancient statue, the "Charioteer of Delphi, " and its gown of fluted folds, Fortuny fashioned an immortal dress.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Fortuny used it to cover a scrapbook of his father's work, and later used it to cover the sliding bookcases in his own library.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Fortuny's father, the brilliant painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal, was leading the way to Impressionism until his untimely death, in 1874, at age 36.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Placed in the gallery like pulse points, these ancestral paintings are surrounded by Fortuny's own life's work, which would leap from two dimensions to three.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
For while Fortuny always thought of himself as a painter, his fascination with technology led him to patent new techniques for stage lighting, print engraving and photo development.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Fortuny's family tree is reproduced on a wall at the entrance of the exhibit, and it is the fruit of this tree that so elegantly fills two floors at the institute.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Fortuny was born in Granada but raised in Paris.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Fortuny is not just the name of a company.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871-1949) was Spanish.
WSJ: The Rich Pleasures of Pleats | Fortuny | Spanish Institute | By Laura Jacobs
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