The Studio

Mariano Fortuny is present in this corner room, illuminated by three Gothic windows, with a series of paintings, including a self-portrait. Painting always played a primary role in the life of the eclectic artist, and it is for this reason that we wished to recreate a space to be able to meet him ideally: sitting with his palette, ready to paint, facing the chaise-longue waiting to welcome the model. Carrying on the family tradition, privileged by international training and by visits such as that, at an early age, to the Parisian studio of Benjamin Constant, and fascinated by Nordic symbolism, Mariano Fortuny developed all this with extreme originality and synthesis. Hanging from the walls are paintings of female nudes, preparatory canvases for the cycle devoted to the Four Elements, and drawings for some Allegories: here above all the artist experimented with and perfected the practice of drawing and the use of color.