Mariano Fortuny
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (11 May 1871 – 3 May 1949) was a Spanish fashion designer who opened his couture house in 1906 and continued until 1946.
Mariano Fortuny | |
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Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo | |
 Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo 1895 | |
| Born | May 11, 1871 |
| Died | May 3, 1949 (aged 77) |
| Occupation | fashion designer |
Biography
In 1897, he met Henriette Negrin in Paris, whom he married a few years later and whose role as a full-fledged collaborator was highlighted in an exhibition at the Musée du Palais Fortuny in Venice.
Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo died in his Venetian palace in 1949 and was buried in the Verano Cemetery in Rome.
Works
In 1907, Fortuny created her most spectacular dress: the "Delphos Dress" in pleated silk, made famous by the theatrical legends of the time, Isadora Duncan and Sarah Bernhardt. Designed in a revolutionary form, inspired by the clothes of ancient Greece, the long dress was both simple and wide, artistic and functional; the hems were adorned with colored Venetian glass beads, with a decorative but also functional function.[1]
In 2012, the Queen Sofia Spanish Institute in New York City mounted an exhibition of his work. [2]
His clients include Élisabeth, Countess Greffulhe and her daughter Élaine Greffulhe, Eleonora Duse, Ellen Terry and Oona O'Neill.
In Paris, he owned from 1912 a shop 2 bis rue de Marignan, transferred in 1922 67 rue Pierre-Charron. In London, he opened a boutique in 1912 at 29 Maddox Street (en) and Bond Street.
References
- ↑ "FORTUNY, Mariano FORTUNY Y MADRAZO biography by www.Senses-ArtNouveau.com: his life and work". senses-artnouveau.com. Archived from the original on 2020-09-18. Retrieved 2020-05-20.
- ↑ Fabulous, Ms. "Fortuny y Madrazo Exhibit". Retrieved 2020-05-20.