Enrique Simonet
Introduction '''Enrique Simonet Lombardo''' (February 2, 1866 – April 20, 1927) was a Spanish painter.
Early life Simonet was born in Valencia. His first vocation of childhood was religious studies, but he abandoned it to devote himself to painting. Despite being Valencian and studying at the Saint Charles Royal Academy of Fine Arts of Valencia, he joined a circle of artists in the city of Málaga. He also attended the workshop of Bernardo Ferrándiz Bádenes, forming part of the Malaga school of painting.
Work and travel In 1887 obtained a grant to study painting in the Fine Arts Academy in Rome, where he painted in 1890 ''Heart's Anatomy''; a painting that would bring him international recognition and which won him several prizes. Taking advantage of his stay Simonet traveled throughout Italy, visited Paris several times and in 1890 he made a tour of the Mediterranean. He also traveled to the Holy Land, where he painted his monumental work ''''; work for which he received numerous medals including Madrid in 1892, Chicago in 1893, Barcelona in 1896 and Paris in 1900.In 1893 and 1894 Simonet traveled to Morocco as a war correspondent for the magazine ''La Ilustración Española y Americana''.
Teaching In 1901 he became professor of Studies and Forms of Nature and Art, at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. In 1911 he became a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid. Between 1921 and 1922 he was director of the Private Paular for landscapers.
Death and legacy Simonet died on April 20, 1927.He has paintings at Museo del Prado and Museo de Málaga. His painting ''The Beheading of Saint Paul'' is in a preferred place at the Malaga Cathedral. Since he was also devoted to decorative painting and landscape, among his surviving works which stand out are the four large canvases on ''Allegories of Law'' in the Palace of Justice in Barcelona and ''Allegories of the Eight Provinces'' in the Palace of Justice in Madrid.
Paintings File:Decapitación de San Pablo - Simonet - 1887.jpg|''The Beheading of Saint Paul''. 400 x 700 cm 1887 (Málaga Cathedral)File:Enrique Simonet - La autopsia 1890.jpg|''Autopsy''. 177 x 291 cm 1890 (Museo de Málaga)File:Enrique Simonet - Flevit super illam 1892.jpg|''Flevit super illam''(''He wept over it''). 305 x 555 cm 1892 (Prado Museum)File:Enrique Simonet - El Quite - 1897.jpg|''El Quite''. 269 x 483 cm 1897 (Museo de Málaga)File:Enrique Simonet - El Juicio de Paris 1904.jpg|''Judgment of Paris''. 215 x 331 cm 1904 (Museo de Málaga)
See also *List of paintings by Enrique Simonet (Spanish)* ''Judgment of Paris'' (Simonet)* List of Orientalist artists* Orientalism
References
External links * *  Biography at Museo del Prado *  About ''Flevit super illam'' *  About ''Anatomy of the heart'' (may first have to click second image in first row  here to see it)*  About ''Judgement of Paris''