{"Id":7872,"Name":"Luis Alvarez Roure","Biography":"\u003Cp\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELuis 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\u0026rsquo;s Honoree Justino Diaz, Puerto Rican soprano Larisa Mart\u0026iacute;nez, British Cellist Steven Isserlis CBE, and the legendary Cuban pioneer of Afro-Cuban jazz C\u0026aacute;ndido Camero to name a few. Luis was the recipient of the Draper Grand Prize and the People\u0026rsquo;s Choice Award of the 24th Portrait Society of America\u0027s 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\u0027s National Portrait Gallery. The same year his portrait of Philip Glass was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery as part of the new works acquired by the museum for their permanent collection. Luis\u0026rsquo; work is as well in the collections of The Museu Europeu d\u0027Art Modern in Barcelona, Spain; The Federal Reserve in Washington, D.C., The Players Club of New York, and The Steinway Hall, NYC.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EHis work has appeared in major publications such as Los Angeles Times, Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine, American Art Collector Magazine, International Artists Magazine, The Outwin 2019 catalog, Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery\u0027s \u0022What\u0027s On\u0022, MEAM Catalog of Works, Vanity Fair, Downbeat Magazine, American Artist Drawing Magazine, The Artists Magazine, Been Magazine, The Guide Artists Magazine, Piano Lessons With Claudio Arrau and the Art Renewal Center Catalog Raisonn\u0026eacute;. He has also been interviewed by Puerto Rico\u0027s leading newspapers, El Nuevo D\u0026iacute;a and El Vocero de Puerto Rico and has appeared on NBC News television segment \u0022Visiones\u0022. Most Recently he was part of Studio Incamminati\u0027s\u0026nbsp;Bennett-Schmidt Lectures on The Higher Aim of Art.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003ELuis Alvarez Roure was born on January 14, 1976, in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. At an early age, he found his passion for representational art, teaching himself to do meticulous realist drawings of people. Even though his parents encouraged him to take art lessons, he declined it, fearing that it could make him lose interest. He also had a great interest for music and his father enrolled him in piano lessons, so he could develop his musical skills. The discipline and involvement his musical studies required outweighed the practice of the visual arts, causing him to abandon drawing almost completely and\u0026nbsp;have\u0026nbsp;music become his choice for a career.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2000, Luis moved to New York City to complete his Master\u0026rsquo;s Degree in music with the renowned Cuban-American pedagogue Germ\u0026aacute;n Diez Nieto (1924-2014). While he was a graduate student, Luis enrolled at the Art Students League of New York where he studied with the late master Nelson Shanks (1937-2015). Because of his music studies, the time at the League was very irregular and he couldn\u0026rsquo;t dedicate himself on a full-time basis. However, this experience was a key point for his development as an artist, offering him a strong sense of direction.\u003C/p\u003E\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn 2018, Peter Trippi, Editor in Chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine described Roure\u0027s virtuosity in two strengths. \u0022First, he has perfected his draftsmanship through constant sketching of tonal studies taken directly from the paintings of past masters... Roure\u0027s second strength is the empathy he so evidently feels with his sitters. Their expressions and posses convey the sense of life that comes not only through observation but also through an intuitive connection between people...\u0022\u003Cbr /\u003E-Fine Art Connoisseur, December 2018\u003C/p\u003E","Awards":null,"HasAlbums":false,"HasPortraits":true,"HasRelationships":true,"HasArticles":false,"HasDepictedPlaces":false,"HasLetters":false,"HasLibraryItems":false,"HasProducts":false,"HasSignatures":false,"HasVideos":false,"HasMapLocations":false,"TotalArtworks":22}