01 Painting, The Art Of The Nude, Julio Romero de Torres’ La esclava/ The slave, with footnotes # 177
La esclava/ The slave, ca. 1925–1929
Oil and tempera on canvas
83.8 x 62.2 cm. (33 x 24.5 in.)
Private collection
The sitter for the present work was the actress Elena Pardo. A regular performer at the Romea theater in Madrid, Elena was Romero de Torre’s preferred model during the 1920s. Elena’s figure embodied to perfection the archetype that Coco Chanel promoted internationally — a modern woman with a greased bob hairstyle ‘comme les garcons’.
The present work was one of twenty-seven works selected by the artists for his retrospective exhibition celebrated in the Cordoba Pavilion at the Iberoamaricana fair in Seville in 1930. More on this painting
Julio Romero de Torres (9 November 1874–10 May 1930) was a Spanish painter. He was born and died in Córdoba, Spain, where he lived most of his life. Julio learned about art from his father who was the director, curator and founder of Córdoba’s Museo Provincial de Bellas Artes and an impressionist painter. He took an interest in art at a young age and started studying at the School of Fine Arts when he was 10. He went to Madrid to work and study in 1906.
He also travelled all over Europe to study and he picked up a symbolist style, for which he is best known. A museum dedicated to the work of de Torres is situated at Plaza del Potro, Cordoba. More on Julio Romero de Torres
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