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Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre, generally known simply as Néstor (4 May 1887, Las Palmas - 6 February 1938, Las Palmas) was a Canarian painter and theatrical designer who worked in the Symbolist and Art Deco styles.

Biography

He began his artistic development at the age of seven, when he attended the "Colegio San Agustín" and was given drawing lessons by Nicolás Massieu (1876-1954),[1] who would later become a well-known painter. In 1899, he received his first formal art instruction from the peripatetic Spanish landscape painter Eliseu Meifrèn.

When still only fifteen, he received a grant from the city of Las Palmas to study in Madrid, but the entrance exams for the Academia were too difficult, so he taught himself by making copies in the Museo del Prado. He eventually found a position in the workshop of Rafael Hidalgo de Caviedes [es].[1] He then travelled extensively, visiting París, Brussels and London, among other places, to perfect his technique. While in Paris, he also designed theater sets and clothing.[2]

He established a studio in Barcelona in 1907 and his first exhibition came in 1908, at the "Círculo Ecuestre", a sporting and social club, where he displayed a series of portraits, influenced by his stay in England.[2] The following year, he presented four decorative panels at the Sala Parés, which he had designed for the dance hall in Tibidabo, inspired by the poems of Jacinto Verdaguer.

He continued to exhibit widely, in Paris and London, as well as Madrid. In 1915, he had his solo début as a theatrical designer, creating sets and costumes for a production of El amor brujo by Manuel de Falla in Madrid. He moved his studios to Paris in 1928 and did more designing for ballets, operas and other productions, including costumes for Cécile Sorel, Grace Moore and Conchita Supervía.[1]

After more travelling, including excursions through the Spanish colonies in Africa,[2] he returned to Las Palmas and established a studio there in 1934. In addition to his paintings, he decorated the "Casino de Tenerife" in Santa Cruz and the "Teatro Pérez Galdós" in Las Palmas and initiated a campaign to promote tourism, which he called "Tipismo" (picturesqueness).[1] He died suddenly, from complications related to pneumonia, leaving several major projects unfinished.

In 1956, the "Museo Néstor" was inaugurated in the city centre of Las Palmas. It is located in the "Pueblo Canario", a cultural complex designed by his brother, Miguel Martín-Fernández de la Torre [es], an architect. The complex includes decorations by Néstor and contains the majority of his works.[1]

References

Further reading

• Saro Alemán Hernández, El pintor Néstor Martín Fernández de la Torre : (1887-1938), Cabildo Insular de Gran Canaria (1991) ISBN 84-85628-80-2
• Pedro Almeida Cabrera, Néstor : Néstor Martín Fernández de la Torre Gobierno de Canarias, Viceconsejería de Cultura y Deportes (1991) ISBN 84-7947-052-6
• Néstor: un canario cosmopolita (1887-1938) Biography by Pedro Almeida Cabrera (digitalized by the "Memoria digital de Canarias" (mdC) at the Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre.

• Museo Néstor homepage.
• Interview with Daniel Montesdeoca, Director of the Museo Néstor on Croma Cultura.
• Biography by Daniel Montesdeoca García-Sáenz @ the Teatro Pérez Galdós website, including a selection of photographs.

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[de] Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre

Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre, kurz Néstor (* 7. Februar 1887 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria; † 6. Februar 1938 ebenda) gilt als der bedeutendste Maler der Kanarischen Inseln. Sein Schaffen ist dem Symbolismus, dem Jugendstil (spanisch: Modernismo) und dem regionalistisch ausgerichteten Art Déco zuzuordnen. Er trat auch als Bühnenbildner hervor. Als Néstors Hauptwerke gelten die durch expressive homoerotisch gefärbte Sinnlichkeit gekennzeichneten Bilderzyklen Poema del Atlántico (1913–1924) und Poema de la Tierra (1934–1938).

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- [en] Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre

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[es] Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre

Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 7 de febrero de 1887-Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, 6 de febrero de 1938), conocido como Néstor, fue un pintor español que participó ampliamente de las corrientes simbolista y modernista europeas, dejando una obra considerada, de forma unánime por los expertos,[1] imprescindible para conocer en detalle esos movimientos artísticos.

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[ru] Нестор (художник)

Нестор, наст. имя Нестор Мартин-Фернандес де ла Торре (исп. Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre; 7 февраля 1887, Лас-Пальмас, Канарские острова — 6 февраля 1938, там же) — испанский художник-символист и модернист.

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