Luis Alvarez Roure

Luis Álvarez Roure
Luis Alvarez Roure. Princeton University, May 9, 2024. Photo by Matthew Raspanti.
Born (1976-01-14) January 14, 1976 [1][2]
Arecibo, Puerto Rico
EducationArt Students League of New York, City University of New York
Known forPainting, Drawing
Notable workPortrait of Philip Glass
MovementRealism
AwardsDraper Grand Prize & People's Choice Award (24th International Portrait Competition of the Portrait Society of America).

Finalist at the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition,
2019
Websitealvarezroure.com

Luis Álvarez Roure (born 1976)[3] is a Puerto Rican realist painter based in New Jersey. He is known for his portrait, figure, and still-life paintings,[4] including portraits of prominent figures in music, the arts, government, and academia. His subjects have included composer Philip Glass,[5] violinist Joshua Bell,[6] former Federal Reserve chairman Paul Volcker,[7] actor and director José Ferrer,[8] percussionist Cándido Camero,[9] Monsignor William Linder, composer Octavio Vázquez and former Governor of Puerto Rico Pedro Pierluisi.[10][11]

His strengths have been described as "his draftsmanship (...) taken directly from the paintings of past masters" and "the empathy he so evidently feels with his sitters" by Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.[12][13]

Early life and education

Luis Alvarez Roure was born in Arecibo, Puerto Rico. From childhood he demonstrated an interest in drawing and developed his skills largely self-taught. His parents encouraged him to pursue formal art lessons, but he initially declined. He also developed a great interest in music and his father enrolled him in piano lessons.[14] After completing his undergraduate studies in piano performance in Puerto Rico, Roure moved to New York City to continue his studies in piano under the Cuban-American pedagogue Germán Diez Nieto at the City University of New York, where he completed a Master of Arts in Music.[15] While pursuing his musical studies, he enrolled at the Art Students League of New York, where he studied painting, drawing, and anatomy with the American realist painter Nelson Shanks. He studied with Shanks for approximately six years and later described the experience as having a major influence on his approach to painting and a turning point in his artistic development.[16][17][18]

Career and Awards

Alvarez Roure's work has been collected by the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C.,[19][20] European Museum of Modern Art in Barcelona,[21] Steinway Hall in New York City, Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico,[22] The Players (New York City) , La Fortaleza (Palacio Santa Catalina in San Juan),[23] and the Federal Reserve in Washington D.C.[24]

In 2019, Roure was selected a finalist at the Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition, a triennial competition organized by the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery [25] where his painting Hidden Wounds was one of 46 works exhibited at The Outwin: American Portraiture Today.[26]

In 2022 Alvarez Roure won the Draper Grand Prize and the People’s Choice Award at the 24th International Portrait Competition of the Portrait Society of America, celebrated in Atlanta, Georgia.[27][28]

In 2024, Princeton University unveiled Roure’s portrait of legendary actor and director José Ferrer, a member of Princeton’s Class of 1933. The portrait was unveiled on May 9, during a ceremony in the Chancellor Green Rotunda. [29]

Personal life

Álvarez Roure is married to Maritza, a pianist and teacher. The couple have two children together.[30][31]

Works

References

  1. ↑ "Luis Alvarez Roure".
  2. ↑ "Luis Álvarez Roure - 31 artworks - painting".
  3. ↑ "Philip Glass". npg.si.edu.
  4. ↑ https://heni.com/news?artist=Luis%20Alvarez%20Roure
  5. ↑ "Audrey Hepburn, Morgan Freeman, more round out National Portrait Gallery additions". Los Angeles Times. October 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ https://www.si.edu/object/joshua-bell:npg_NPG.2020.40
  7. ↑ Proulx, Matthew (November 10, 2016). "PRAESENTARE | Art Gallery".
  8. ↑ https://inside.princeton.edu/community-news/2024/portrait-celebrated-actor-and-director-jos%C3%A9-ferrer-class-1933-unveiled
  9. ↑ "Afro-Cuban Legend Cándido Honored with Vibrant Concert in NYC". DownBeat Magazine. November 22, 2016.
  10. ↑ Karidis, Arlene (16 August 2015). "The art of portraiture, coming to the Delaplaine". The Frederick News-Post.
  11. ↑ https://www.metro.pr/noticias/2024/12/03/develan-retrato-al-oleo-de-pedro-pierluisi-en-la-fortaleza/
  12. ↑ Trippi, Peter (2018). “Luis Alvarez Roure: Composing in Paint”, Fine Art Connoisseur. November/December issue 2018, p.80-83.
  13. ↑ https://realismtoday.com/composing-in-paint-representational-portraits/
  14. ↑ https://realismtoday.com/realism-art-virtuosities-of-luis-alvarez-roure/
  15. ↑ "Meet the Artist: Luis Alvarez Roure". Art Business News. March 31, 2026. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  16. ↑ "Luis Alvarez Roure [RA 2022]: Hidden Wounds, 2022". Salmagundi Club. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  17. ↑ Luis Alvarez Roure, Art Renewal Center. Accessed December 2, 2019.
  18. ↑ Kuilan, Gloria Ruiz. "Boricua se destaca por su talento en el arte; El músico Luis Álvarez Roure retomó la pintura a los 24 años y dos de sus trabajos ya han sido reconocidos internacionalmente", El Nuevo Día, January 4, 2016. Accessed December 2, 2109.
  19. ↑ "Recent Acquisitions". npg.si.edu. July 2, 2019.
  20. ↑ "Philip Glass". npg.si.edu.
  21. ↑ MEAM. (2016) Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes Collections. Contemporary Art XXI Century. p. 452
  22. ↑ https://fineartcommissions.com/artist/luis-alvarez-roure/
  23. ↑ https://heni.com/news?artist=Luis%20Alvarez%20Roure
  24. ↑ https://salmagundi.org/luis-alvarez-roure-ra-2022-2024/
  25. ↑ "The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today". npg.si.edu. October 24, 2019.
  26. ↑ https://portraitcompetition.si.edu/exhibition/2019-outwin-boochever-portrait-competition/
  27. ↑ "Draper Grand Prize".
  28. ↑ "Looking Forward… Looking Back: 28 Years of Grand Prize Winners". Portrait Society of America. Retrieved August 17, 2026."Luis Alvarez Roure: "A Conversation with Artist Luis Alvarez Roure"". Studio Incamminati. November 16, 2022. Retrieved August 17, 2026.
  29. ↑ "Portrait of celebrated actor and director José Ferrer, Class of 1933, unveiled at Princeton". Princeton University. May 10, 2024.
  30. ↑ https://realismtoday.com/realism-art-virtuosities-of-luis-alvarez-roure/
  31. ↑ https://artbusinessnews.com/2026/03/meet-the-artist-luis-alvarez-roure/
  32. ↑ https://www.si.edu/object/philip-glass:npg_NPG.2018.18
  33. ↑ https://www.si.edu/object/joshua-bell:npg_NPG.2020.40

Sources

  • Trippi, Peter (2018). "Luis Alvarez Roure: Composing in Paint". Fine Art Connoisseur. November/December issue 2018, p. 80-83.
  • Ruiz Kuilan, Gloria. "Boricua se destaca por su talento en el arte." El Nuevo Día, January 4, 2016.
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