Painter and educator, Francisco Oller initiated the long tradition in Puerto Rican art of depicting scenes of Puerto Rico. He captured the beauty of the landscape and its tropical fruits, and he often painted scenes illustrating some of the island’s social ills. He first studied in San Juan under painter Juan Cleto Noa and later continued at the Real Academia de San Fernando in Madrid, under Federico Madrazo. In 1858, Oller traveled to Paris, where he frequented the studio of Thomas Couture and attended L'Académie Suisse and L'Ecole Imperiale et Spéciale de Dessin. He also frequented Gustave Courbet's studio and met Camille Pissarro. In 1865 he returned to Puerto Rico and in 1870 he established an academy of drawing and painting in San Juan.
画家与教育家弗朗西斯科-奥勒(Francisco Oller)开创了波多黎各艺术中描绘当地风光的悠久传统。他捕捉到了波多黎各美丽的风景和特有的热带水果，并经常描绘反映岛上社会弊端的场景。这位艺术家首先去了圣胡安，在画家胡安-克莱托-诺亚(Juan Cleto Noa)的指导下学习，后来在费德里科-马德拉索(Federico Madrazo)的指导下继续在马德里的皇家圣费尔南多美术学院学习。1858 年，奥勒前往巴黎，在那里他经常前往托马斯-库特尔(Thomas Couture)的画室，并就读于瑞士学院和帝国绘画学院。他还经常拜访古斯塔夫-库尔贝(Gustave Courbet)的画室，并结识了卡米耶-毕沙罗(Camille Pissarro)。1865年他返回波多黎各，1870年他在圣胡安建立了一所绘画学院。
In 1874, he returned to Paris, where he met Dr. Paul-Ferdinand Gachet (physician and friend to Vincent Van Gogh and the subject of one of Van Gogh's most famous portraits), who purchased Oller's work El estudiante (The Student). In 1884, after eight years in Madrid, his commitment to Puerto Rico led him to return to the island. In 1895, he traveled for the last time to Paris to exhibit his famous work El Velorio (The Wake). Oller's artistic career spanned the period from the realism of Courbet to the Impressionists, with many of whom he established close friendships while he lived in Paris. Oller is the only Latin American painter to have played a role in the development of Impressionism. One of the most distinguished transatlantic painters of his day, Oller helped transform painting in the Caribbean.
1874 年，奥勒回到巴黎，他遇到了保罗-费迪南-加歇博士（他是文森特-梵高的医生和朋友，梵高最著名的肖像画之一《加歇医生的画像》的主角），他购买了奥勒的作品《学生》。1884年，在马德里生活八年后，奥勒对波多黎各的归属感使他回到了岛上。1895年，他最后一次前往巴黎展出他的著名作品《守灵者》。奥勒的艺术生涯跨越了从库尔贝的现实主义到印象派的时期，他在巴黎生活期间与许多印象派画家建立了密切的友谊。奥勒是唯一在印象派发展过程中扮演重要角色的拉丁美洲画家。作为当时最杰出的跨大西洋画家之一，奥勒帮助改变了加勒比地区的绘画。
We present today's painting thanks to the Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico. : )
感谢波多黎各艺术博物馆与我们分享今天的画作。 :)
