PORTRAITS ON CANVAS PAINTED / DRAWN BY
ROMULO-ANTONIO TENÉS
ARTIST WITH ATELIER IN ONTUR, SPAIN
Technique: Drawing made by hand, in an artisanal way, monochromatic in blue on special canvas, Periode Bleue style, or Blue Period, style begun by José Garnelo Alda and José Ruiz Blasco in 1896, Barcelona.
Another technique: Drawing made by hand, in an artisanal way, in a bistré and sanguine bar on a special canvas for portrait. The canvas is fixed and varnished after the final satisfactory approval of the portrait. It is not necessary to protect the work with glass: therefore, annoying light reflections are avoided.
The portraits drawn in an artisanal way, works of art on varnished canvas, avoid the annoying reflections of the glass.
Canvas stand / frame depth: 2.02 cm. 22 millimeters.
Portrait of Jose Ruiz Blasco
Author: José Garnelo Alda, Barcelona, 1896
Blue watercolor drawing on cardboard. The result is identical on varnished canvas, avoiding reflections.
The technique of monochromatic drawing in blues, adjectivated Blue Period, or Periode Bleue was initiated by the Spanish painter, José Garnelo Alda in 1896 in Barcelona, Spain, and continued by José Ruiz Blasco, father and forger of Pablo Ruiz Picasso, until 1906.
Une putain de St. Lazare
(Lady in Eden Concert)
Author: Jose Ruiz Blasco, Paris, 1902
Oil on canvas. 80x59cm. First sublayer of the Dama at the Eden Concert
The "Blue Period" or "Période Bleue" is continued by José Ruiz Blasco, father and forger of Picasso, in Paris, 1902.
Rómulo-Antonio Tenés is the official biographer of José Ruiz Blasco, father and forger of Picasso, through his Catalogue Raisonné, classified Scientific by the Property Registry of the Community of Madrid in delegation of the Spanish Ministry of Education and Culture, Registration Entry No. 16 / 2018 / 2413, of April 10, 2018.
School of Fine Arts of Madrid. Artistic origins of Rómulo-Antonio Tenés.
University of Madrid UNED, Art History Degree. Course 2011/2012
Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Course 1972 - 1974. Tenés specializes in portraits from life on canvas, anatomy, and male and female nudes.
Rómulo-Antonio Tenés installed his first atelier in the ultra-cosmopolitan town of Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, in 1975, Calle Nueva n.º 16.
Tenés studio, calle Nueva n.º 16, Sitges, Barcelona, Spain, 1975
Rómulo-Antonio Tenés, Painter, Puerto de Banús, Marbella, Malaga, Spain. 1980. Subsequently
One of the first portraits made in Puerto de Banús by Tenés is that of Linda Christian -Blanca Rosa Henrietta Welter Vorhauer- widow of Tyrone Power, who was really satisfied with the result, 1977.
Linda Christian, after posing for her portrait, invites Rómulo-Antonio Tenés to a reception in Puerto de Banús, Marbella, in order to introduce him to her friends.
Rómulo-Antonio Tenés, once the portrait is delivered, does not follow the use given to the work, or place where it is located.
