José Puyet (April 22, 1922 - August 28, 2004), full name José Puyet Padilla, was a Spanish, modern impressionist painter, whose popularity spread throughout Spain and the United States.
Early life
Puyet was born in Malaga, Spain. He was grandson of teacher José Padilla, a Spanish artist who began painting in the nineteenth century. As a child, Puyet learned to paint by watching his grandfather, whose company he preferred to that of children his own age.
生い立ち
プイェットはスペインのマラガで生まれた。教師であり、19世紀から活動を始めたスペインの画家であるホデ・パディラの孫である。幼少期は、同じ年頃の子どもたちと過ごすよりも祖父と過ごすことを好み、祖父を見て絵を描くことを学んだ。
(※Puyetの日本語での適切な表記の調べがつきませんでしたので仮に「プイェット」としてあります。)
若年期
プイエット氏はスペインのマラガで生まれました。彼は教師であったホセ・パディラの孫であり、19世紀に絵画をはじめたスペインの芸術家でした。幼少期、プイエット氏は祖母を見て絵画を覚え、彼ぐらいの年の子供たちとの交友を好んだ。
By age eight, he had started working in pencils and oils. At age 20, Puyet entered the Spanish military, due to World War II, and was sent to the exclave of Melilla. The experience deepened his observations of new personages and atmospheres. His superiors learned of his talent and would often relieve him of guard duty to allow him to create paintings of the families of the High Commanders.
Career
Upon his return to Malaga, Puyet ventured out on his own as an inspired artist.
He moved to Madrid where he found life difficult. He often shared rooms with truck drivers and whomever else would allow him. He purchased art supplies with the little money he had and painted various scenes of people at work. He also found work painting pictures to decorate crypts and mausoleums, and packaging of perfumes and creams.
Puyet's art eventually earned him a favorable reputation. He gave his first exhibition at Carrera de San Jerónimo de Madrid.
やがて彼の絵は高い評価を得、プイェットはマドリードのサン・ヘロニモ通りで初の展覧会を開いた。
続きの文を読むと「カレラ・デ・サン・ヘロニモ・デ・マドリード」という名前の施設があったようですので、最後の部分を以下の通り訂正いたします。 「プイェットはマドリードのサン・ヘロニモ通りで初の展覧会を開いた。」→「プイェットはカレラ・デ・サン・ヘロニモ・デ・マドリードで初の展覧会を開いた。」
The exhibition was a success that led to 42 more exhibitions until Carrera de San Jerónimo de Madrid finally closed. Puyet also exhibited in Barcelona, Valencia, Málaga, San Francisco, New York, Montreal, Miami, Monterrey, San Mateo, California, Houston, Boston, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, and Milán.
In 1984, Puyet was listed in the publication Who's Who in Art. In 1988, he was inducted as a member of the Real Academy of Fine Art of San Telmo, in Malaga.
1984年には、プイェットの名は芸術人名録に記載されることとなり、マラガのサンテルモ・ファインアート・ロイヤルアカデミーの会員となった。
(※「Real Academy of Fine Art of San Telmo」は「Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Telmo」の誤訳と思われます。「San Telmo Royal Academy of Fine Arts」が正しいようです。)
以後、Carrera de San Jerondemo de Madridが閉館するまで、42回の展覧会が行なわれました。
1行目の展覧会は成功し、のあとを上記のように訂正します。申し訳ありませんでした。
Legacy
Today, his works are owned by families such as the House of Alba and the House of Grimaldi. Plácido Domingo and Luis Olivo maintain sizable collections of Puyet's work.
Puyet died from a cerebral hemorrhage on August 28, 2004 in Madrid at 82 years of age.
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