Choreographer

Mariano Fortuny

Spanish artist, photographer and fashion designer (1871-1949)

Born 1871 · GranadaDied 1949Spain
Mariano Fortuny
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Mariano Fortuny was a Spanish choreographer, born in 1871 in Granada, who died in 1949.

Biography

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (Catalan: Marià Fortuny i de Madrazo, pronounced [məɾiˈa fuɾˈtuɲ i ðə məˈðɾaθu]; 11 May 1871 – 3 May 1949) was a Spanish polymath, artist, inventor, and fashion designer who opened his couture house in 1906 and continued until 1946. He was the son of the painter Mariano Fortuny y Marsal.

From the Wikipedia article “Mariano Fortuny (designer)”, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Contemporaries

Facts from Wikidata (Q1113061), CC0.