The Antonio Fabres UniverseAntonio Fabrés connects two extremes of his career: The Slave Woman, a monumental orientalist spectacle, and Benedict XV, a precise pontifical portrait where the gaze, glasses and ring replace the decor.
1854 - 1938Life of Antonio Maria Fabrés y Costa
Around 1886The Slave Woman at the Top of Orientalism
1916Portrait of Pope Benedict XV in Rome
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1854 -1938 · Orientalism, portrait and virtuosity
Antonio Fabrés connects two extremes of his career: The Slave Woman, a monumental orientalist spectacle, and Benedict XV, a precise pontifical portrait where the gaze, glasses and ring replace the decor.
Born in Gràcia, Barcelona, in 1854, Antonio Maria Fabrés y Costa studied at Llotja as a sculptor and painter. Resident in Rome in 1875, he quickly adopted watercolor under the influence of Fortuny and enjoyed success thanks to valuable illustrations for books and magazines. His orientalism combines descriptive virtuosity, sumptuous textiles and dramatic staging. The Slave Woman, painted around 1886 in a monumental format of almost two and seventy meters, belongs to this vein. The female orientalism combines descriptive virtuosity, sumptuous textiles and dramatic staging. The Slave Woman, painted around 1886 in a monumental format of almost two and seventy meters, belongs to this vein. The female body, the costume and the luxurious frame produce a spectacular image, but its title and its location also require a critical reading today: pictorial elegance coexists with the representation of a person reduced to possession. The work thus joined contemporary reflections on ideology, the gaze and the place attributed to women in 19th century art. Fabrés obtained a second medal at the National Exhibition of 1887 with the watercolor A Thief. His fame then led him to Mexico, where he was called in 1904 as Inspector General of Fine Arts. Returning to Rome in 1908, he painted Benedict XV in 1916. The small panel concentrates the pontiff's authority in glasses, the Fisherman's ring, the armchair and an attentive physiognomy. Between the orientalist staging and this institutional portrait, the collection reveals the same precision put at the service of radically different subjects. The "Antonio Fabrés" selection notably compares Pope Benedict XV and Slave Woman. Its reading favors atmosphere.
Fabrés possesses a virtuosity capable of dazzling; looking at it today also requires distinguishing the mastery of painting and the ideology of the scene represented.
Course & style
Journey, subjects and pictorial language
Llotja, Rome and the legacy of Fortuny
Sculpture, watercolor and orientalism establish an early virtuosity. This milestone illuminates the "Antonio Fabrés" collection by favoring atmosphere.
International success and Mexico
Medals, illustration and teaching expand careers.
Return to Rome and portrait
Benedict XV embodies a tighter and more institutional art.
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Textile precision
Fabrics and accessories build a strong material presence. This trait guides a reading of "Antonio Fabrés" centered on the atmosphere.
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Staged
The setting guides the reading as much as the character.
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Incisor watercolor
Graphic training maintains sharpness and light.
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Psychological portrait
In Benedict XV, the signs of function do not erase the gaze.
Explore by universe
From orientalism to the pontifical portrait
Two works separated by thirty years allow us to confront an exotic spectacle, the history of the gaze and the sobriety of the religious portrait.
Slave woman01
An image to read with hindsight
Formal virtuosity must not mask the violence of the status represented.
For critical reading. Reading of "Antonio Fabrés" through the atmosphere.Orientalism02
Elsewhere staged
Textiles, decor and costume construct a European imagination.
To understand the contextLarge format03
The spectacle of the body
The monumental scale transforms the figure into an invasive presence.
For a loose wallBenedict XV04
The individualized pontiff
Small panel brings face and expression together.
For a historical portraitGlasses05
A detail of modernity
The accessory clarifies the look and humanizes the papal dignity.
To observe the workRing06
The sign of the charge
The jewel identifies the function without dominating the physiognomy.
To read the symbols
Works to discover
Two faces of Antonio Fabres
The Slave Woman and Benedict XV oppose monumental scale and small panel, orientalist fiction and historical portrait, spectacle and concentration.
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Benedict XV is suitable for a medium format historical gallery; The Slave Woman asks for a high wall and a presentation that allows the subject to be clearly contextualized.
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