FORTUNY, MaurArlo, 1839-74; a Spanish phinter trained in the academy at Bar celona. 1856, he gained a prize which entitled him to study in Rome for several years, where, instead of haunting the old galleries, he selected his subjects from common life. In 1859, he went with Prim iu the expedition to Morocco. The splendid barbarism of Africa captured his imagination, and he returned with studies which were to make his future fame. His reputation dated from 1866, when he settled in Paris. There he entered into most profitable business arrangements with the house of Goupil, who introduced his works not only in Europe but in America. In 1869, several of Fortuny's pictures were exhibited iu Paris, and in the salon of 1870, Regnault's " Salome," and the " Educa tion of a Prince'," by Zamaeois made the names of these three young men known as the founders of a new school—a school that within four years was deprived by death of its illustrious leaders. In 1868, Fortuny married Mademoiselle Madrazo, a sister of Mad
razo the artist, and a daughter of the distinguished director of the royal museum of Madrid, himself an artist. The names of Fortuny's best kno an pictures arc " A Span ish Marriage;" " The Serpent-Tamer ;" "The Amateur of Prints;': " A. Fantasia at Morocco ;" "The Sword-Sharpener;" and "The Academicians of Arcadia." F. made hundreds of sketches in Morocco, in Spain, in Italy, and in the environs of Paris. As an etcher he gained a high repute; and many of his etchings have been reproduced. His pictures, produced with deliberate care, brought great prices; "The Spanish Mar riage," 75,000 francs; and many of his water colors more than 15,000 francs apiece. "The Serpent-Tamer," bought by A. T. Stewart of New York, is one of the best speci mens of his work.