José Manuel Capuletti

JOSÉ MANUEL CAPULETTI LILLO DEL POZO (Valladolid, 1925 - Eltville am Rhein, Germany, 1978).
Untitled.
Oil on canvas.
Signed in the lower left corner.
Measurements: 38 x 55 cm.
Manuel Capuletti was formed in a self-taught way, arriving soon to a personal language of surrealist inheritance, almost always starred by 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.