Brave bull, Roberto Domingo Fallola (Paris, 1883-Madrid, 1956), 19th-century Spanish school

Brave bull, Roberto Domingo Fallola (Paris, 1883-Madrid, 1956), 19th-century Spanish school
Oil on canvas, canvas measures: 66 x 50, framed measures: 71 x 55 cm. Paris, 1883-Madrid, 1956. Spanish costumbrista painter, who specialized in bullfighting themes, which gave him great fame and prestige. He collaborated as a cartoonist in publications of the time. He began his artistic training in Paris with his father, the painter Francisco Domingo Marqués. There he met the work of the French Impressionists. In 1906 he settled in Madrid, where he attended the San Fernando Academy of Fine Arts as a disciple of Antonio Muñoz Degrain. He appeared at national and foreign exhibitions; In the National Exhibition of Fine Arts of 1908 he was awarded the third medal and in those of 1910 and 1915, he obtained the second and first medal for the canvases entitled Suerte de varas and El coleo, respectively. He exhibited his works at the Pabellón de Bellas Artes in Rome in 1911 and continuously in Spanish and London galleries, such as Baillie and Tooth, among others. His work is characterized by the spontaneous treatment of the stain to capture the reality that connects with the tradition of Goya, Lucas and Alenza.