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
Manuel 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
He married Concepción Rodríguez and had two children, Manuel and Conchita. [3] Tovar is buried in the cemetery of La Almudena. [3]
Legacy
Tovar 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
- ^ 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
- 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.
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