José Manuel Capuletti

JOSÉ MANUEL CAPULETTI LILLO DEL POZO (Valladolid, 1925 - Eltville am Rhein, Germany, 1978).
"Marina".
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 61 x 80 cm.
The painter captures in this work a subjective nature, of romantic influence. He chooses a convulsive day of storm, looking for a golden, twilight and mysterious atmosphere that gives nature a special lyricism. There is a development of spatial depth. In the foreground the brushstroke is dense and precise, and builds the forms based on the rich and varied chromatism, and the changes of light and shadow, subtle and very studied.

Manuel Capuletti was self-taught, soon arriving at a personal language of surrealist heritage, almost always starring the human figure. He was also the author of scenographies and figurines for the ballet, and portraits such as Arthur Rubinstein, Charles Boyer and the Duke and Duchess of Windsor. He settled in Paris in 1950, and was soon recognized by critics and the public, without neglecting his contacts in Spain with the world of theater and flamenco. Later he made several trips to the United States, holding various exhibitions in New York. In 1967 he returned to Spain, and two years later he held an important exhibition of portraits of flamenco singers and dancers at the Ateneo de Sevilla. However, in 1976 he died unexpectedly during a trip to Germany, being buried in the cemetery of Walluf. A good part of his legacy remained in the collections of Mairena and Alcalá.