The Critic
Este autorretrato fue creado poco antes del fallecimiento del artista. Sobre su cabeza se sienta una amenazadora criatura con sombrero de copa y una nariz con la forma de una pluma estilográfica. La imagen alude, probablemente, a la influencia de los críticos sobre la recepción de las creaciones de los artistas. Ruelas estudió en la Academia de San Carlos de Ciudad de México, donde, desde finales del siglo xix, fueron ganando terreno en la gráfica algunos aspectos del arte moderno europeo. Durante un largo viaje por Alemania realizado en la década de 1890, descubrió las obras simbolistas de Max Klinger y Franz von Stuck, y halló inspiración en la iconografía fantástica del Bosco.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Critic
- Artist: Julio Ruelas (Mexican, Zacatecas 1870–1907 Paris)
- Date: ca. 1905–1907
- Medium: Etching
- Dimensions: Sheet: 11 7/16 × 8 11/16 in. (29 × 22 cm)
Plate: 9 1/8 × 6 3/4 in. (23.2 × 17.1 cm) - Classification: Prints
- Credit Line: The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1946
- Object Number: 46.46.597
- Curatorial Department: Drawings and Prints
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