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Luis Ricardo Falero
Luis Ricardo Falero

Luis Ricardo Falero

Spanish, 1851 – 1896
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Luis Ricardo Falero, Duke of Labranzano, was a Spanish painter. He specialized in female nudes and mythological, orientalist and fantasy settings. His most common medium was oil on canvas. Falero’s paintings are held mostly within private collections in Europe and the United States, although a watercolour of the ‘Twin Stars’ is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents' disappointment. He travelled on foot to Paris, where he studied art, chemistry and mechanical engineering. The experiments which he had to conduct in the latter two were dangerous, leading him to decide to focus on painting alone. He was a student of Gabriel Ferrier. After Paris, he studied in London, where he eventually settled.

Falero had a particular interest in astronomy and incorporated celestial constellations into many of his works, such as "The Marriage of a Comet" and "Twin Stars". His interest and knowledge of astronomy also led him to illustrate the works of Camille Flammarion.

In 1896, the year of his death, Maud Harvey sued Falero for paternity. The suit alleged that Falero seduced Harvey when she was 17, first serving as his housemaid, and then model. When he discovered she was pregnant, he dismissed her. She won the case and was awarded five shillings per week in support of their child.

Falero died at University College Hospital, London, at the age of 45.

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Dawn

Dawn (1883)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Prayer to Isis

Prayer to Isis (1888)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
Odalisque

Odalisque (1877)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Portrait of Cyprian Godebski

Portrait of Cyprian Godebski

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
A Private Moment

A Private Moment (1873)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
A sea nymph

A sea nymph (1892)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
The Tempest

The Tempest (1889)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Reclining nude

Reclining nude (1879)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Caught in the Web

Caught in the Web

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
A classical beauty

A classical beauty (1889)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Twin Stars

Twin Stars (1851–96)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
Night

Night (1883)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
An Allegory Of Art

An Allegory Of Art (1892)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
Moonlit beauties

Moonlit beauties

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
Bedouin girl

Bedouin girl (1891)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Seduction

Seduction (1893)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
A Nightmare

A Nightmare

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Posters
A Beauty

A Beauty (1885)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Playing with the Tiger

Playing with the Tiger

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Figurative
Twin Stars

Twin Stars

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
The Poppy Fairy

The Poppy Fairy (1888)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology
The Planet Venus

The Planet Venus (1882)

Luis Ricardo Falero (Spanish, 1851 – 1896)
Mythology

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