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La chiquita piconera. Julio Romero de Torres.
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The invisible half - The little piconera
Oct 24, 2015
In this chapter we immerse ourselves in the world of the Cordoba painter Julio Romero de Torres to scrutinize one of his most famous paintings, the portrait of La Chiquita Piconera, from 1930. It was the last work he painted before the death of this figurative painter named after him. copla and, for many, is an iconic portrait as Mona Lisa Latina.
Clara Peñalver, also of Cordovan origin, is close to the most famous painter of the city, where today Julio Romero de Torres' footprint continues to be preserved and enhanced. Especially in the old town, where is the birthplace of the Romero de Torres family. In the famous Plaza del Potro is the Julio Romero de Torres Museum, with its best works but with La chiquita piconera in a place of honor. We will discover details of who was and what happened to the model of the painting, the influence of flamenco or the stylistic imprint on a popular sculptor from Cordoba, José Manuel Belmonte.
Mounted on her motorcycle, Clara Peñalver also travels through the neighboring mountains of Cordoba to a small town, Piconcillo, where she greets her family, former piconeros. With them and with the official chronicler of Córdoba we can understand how important the piconería was for the survival of so many generations before electricity.