Luis Alvarez Roure [RA 2022-2024]
First name: Luis ;
Middle name: ;
Last name: Alvarez Roure ;
Member: Resident Artist ;
Begin: 2022 ;
End: 2024 ;
Biography:
Luis Alvarez Roure is an award-winning artist known for his portraits, still-life and figure paintings.
Among his most recognized works are the portraits of iconic composer Philip Glass, former Chairman of The Federal Reserve Paul Volcker, acclaimed American Actress and Playwright Anna Deavere Smith, GRAMMY Award-winning violinist Joshua Bell, Metropolitan Opera Bass and Kennedy Center’s Honoree Justino Diaz, British Cellist Steven Isserlis CBE, and the legendary Cuban pioneer of Afro-Cuban jazz Cándido Camero to name a few.
Luis was the recipient of the Draper Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award of the 24th Portrait Society of America’s International Portrait Competition celebrated in Atlanta, G.A. in April of 2022. In 2019 he was selected a finalist at The Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery. The same year his portrait of Philip Glass was also exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery as part of a new group of works acquired by the museum for their permanent collection. Luis’ work is also in the collections of the Museu Europeu. d’Art Modern in Barcelona, Spain; The Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., The Players Club of New York, and The Steinway Hall, NYC.
In 2020, Luis received the title of Living Master by the Art Renewal Center Organization.
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Document permalink:
https://salmagundi.org/luis-alvarez-roure-ra-2022/
Digital-born document number:
SAL.2022.115190
Record birth date:
January 18, 2022
Last updated: March 19, 2024 at 12:52 pm