Ricardo Macarrón Jaime (1926–2004), was a Spanish painter and portraitist.[1] He is known for his court paintings for European royalty and portraits of aristocracy,[2] including four generations of the House of Bourbon,[3] and Victoria Eugenia of Battenberg.
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Born | Ricardo Macarrón Jaime (1926-04-09)April 9, 1926 Madrid, Spain |
Died | May 14, 2004(2004-05-14) (aged 78) Riaza, Spain |
Resting place | Almudena cemetery, Madrid, Spain |
Nationality | Spain |
Alma mater | Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando |
Occupation | artist, painter, portraitist |
Spouse(s) | Alicia Iturrioz |
Children | 2 |
Ricardo Macarrón Jaime was born April 9, 1926 in Madrid, Spain.[1][4] His father Juan Macarrón Despierto owned a workshop for art restorers and carvers.[4]
Macarrón attended Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, studying under Joaquín Valverde Lasarte [es].[1][5][4] While he was a student he made his first portrait of artist Joaquín García Donaire in 1943.[4] Macarrón won many art awards while he was a student.[4] He met his future wife Alicia Iturrioz in college, where she also attended too.[6] Together they had two daughters.[6]
He had three marked periods of style in his paintings – from 1955 to 1960 he was working with a cubist influence; from 1960 to 1968 his work was darker and emphasized "disenchantment"; and in later life in the 1990s the work reflected his strong technical skills and techniques.[4] Macarrón had painted portraits of three Queens, Sofia of Spain, Elizabeth II of England, Noor of Jordan.[4] Also notable is his 1961 portrait of Carmen Cervera.[7]
Macarrón died on May 14, 2004 in Riaza, Spain.[8] He was cremated and has a memorial in Almudena cemetery in Madrid.[4] After Macarróns death, Iturrioz wrote the memoir Mi Vida con Ricardo Macarrón (2014) about their shared life experiences.
His work is found in public museum collections, including the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum,[9][10] and Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer.
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