Manuel Tovar Siles (born 10 August 1875[2] in Granada[3] - 10 April 1935[4][2]) was a Spanish cartoonist and caricaturist. In addition to "Tovar", he also signed with the pseudonym "Don Hermógenes".[3]
Biography
editManuel Tovar was self-taught and was influenced by the artist Ramón Cilla.[4] Despite some early collaborations for magazines in Valencia and Barcelona,[5][3] he soon moved to Madrid.[3] Tovar drew caricature portraits, political satire, and costumbrismo.[6] He also worked in oil and watercolor painting, though he was less well known in those techniques.[3] His illustrations were published in periodicals like Madrid Cómico, Gedeón, La Correspondencia de Españan, El Liberal, ABC, El Sol, La Voz, La Esfera, Blanco y Negro,[2] Nuevo Mundo, Mundo Gráfico,[6] Buen Humor,[7] El Imparcial, La Hoja de Parra, Gutiérrez, La Risa, ¡Oiga usted...!, Heraldo de Madrid, España Nueva, La Bandera Federal and Don Quijote,[8] .
Personal life
editHe married Concepción Rodríguez and had two children, Manuel and Conchita.[3] Tovar is buried in the cemetery of La Almudena.[3]
Legacy
editTovar was described by Mariano Sánchez de Palacios as "one of the most representative figures of the journalistic Madrid of the first quarter-century".[6] The newspaper La Libertad tagged him as "the most popular cartoonist in Madrid".[3]
References
edit- ^ Pérez Bowie 1996, p. 163.
- ^ a b c Sánchez de Palacios 1969, p. 131.
- ^ a b c d e f g h "La muerte de Manolo Tovar". La Libertad (in Spanish) (4.689). Madrid: 1, 5. 11 April 1935. ISSN 9968-4942.
- ^ a b Vegue y Goldoni 1935, p. 1.
- ^ Pijoán et al. 1988, p. 558.
- ^ a b c Sánchez de Palacios 1965, p. 14.
- ^ Rodríguez de la Flor 1990, p. 44.
- ^ García Mínguez 2007, p. 70.
Bibliography
edit- García Mínguez, Tana (2007). "Un año de ilustración en 'El Cuento Semanal' (1907) y su posterior influencia". Monteagudo: Revista de literatura española, hispanoamericana y teoría de la literatura (in Spanish) (12). University of Murcia: 67–90. ISSN 0580-6712.
- Pérez Bowie, José Antonio (1996). La novela teatral. Madrid: CSIC. ISBN 84-00-07605-2.
- Pijoán, José; Carrete Parrondo, Juan; Fontbona, Francesc; Bozal, Valeriano; Vega González, Jesusa (1988). Summa Artis: Historia General del Arte. El grabado en España. Espasa-Calpe. ISBN 9788423952748.
- Rodríguez de la Flor, José Luis (1990). El Negociado de incobrables: la vanguardia del humor español en los años veinte. Ediciones de la Torre. ISBN 9788486587536.
- Sánchez de Palacios, Mariano (17 July 1965). "Los que se fueron: Manuel Tovar". ABC (in Spanish): 14.
- Sánchez de Palacios, Mariano (17 October 1969). "Recordando a Tovar". ABC (in Spanish): 131.
- Vegue y Goldoni, Ángel (10 April 1935). "La Voz, de luto". La Voz (in Spanish) (4.446). Madrid: 1. ISSN 2171-2506.
External links
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