José María Rodríguez-Acosta
José María Rodríguez-Acosta
Born into a family dedicated to the banking business, the painter José María Rodríguez-Acosta (Granada, 1878-1941) enjoyed all his life a comfortable economic position, which allowed him to dedicate himself to painting with autonomy, producing in the early years of the twentieth century works that, halfway between modernism and symbolism, won important awards in national and international exhibitions.
Between 1915 and 1930 he practically abandoned his brushes to dedicate himself to the planning, construction and decoration of his carmen in Granada, which he conceived as the embodiment of aesthetic ideals full of modernity. In it he housed his library and various collections of artistic objects.
In the thirties, he slowly returned to painting through genres considered academic, but with a refined symbolism that evolved in recent years against the dark backdrop of the Spanish Civil War.
Since 1941 the carmen has been the headquarters of the Foundation instituted by the artist.
