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Joaquín Agrasot fallecía en Valencia el 8 de enero de 1919 a los 82 años de edad. Su trayectoria artística tuvo una faceta cosmopolita a menudo ensombrecida por su estrecha amistad con Mariano Fortuny, con quien visitó distintos lugares e incluso veranearon, junto a sus esposas, en la Villa Arata de Portici. En su etapa italiana formó parte de la colonia española en Roma junto a Fortuny, Antonio Casanova Estorach, José Tapiró y Ramón Tusquets, acogidos en el círculo del príncipe Odescalchi, aristócrata romano y teórico artístico. La
muerte prematura de Fortuny, en 1874, le mueve a regresar a tierras valencianas donde llegó a convertirse en todo un referente para la siguiente generación de pintores. Testimonio de ello es la necrológica que el 9 de enero de 1919 publicaba el Diario de Valencia, en la que afirmaba que “sus discípulos le veneraban y toda una pléyade de pintores modernos sentía por él cariño y admiración”. De hecho, llegó a ser presidente del Círculo de Bellas Artes de Valencia y ejerció como jurado en varios concursos y exposiciones artísticas, incluidas las Exposiciones Nacionales. A lo largo de su trayectoria, visitó además ciudades como París, Granada y Londres, pero estuvo siempre íntimamente ligado a su ciudad natal, Orihuela, y a su familia.Joaquín Agrasot died in Valencia on 8 January 1919 at the age of 82. His artistic career had a cosmopolitan a cosmopolitan facet often overshadowed by his close friendship with Mariano Fortuny, with whom he visited different places and even Fortuny, with whom he visited various places and even spent the summer with their wives at the Villa Arata in Portici. During his Italian Italian period he was a member of the Spanish colony in Rome, together with Fortuny, Antonio Casanova Estorach, José Tapiró and Ramón Tusquets, who were welcomed into the circle of Prince Odescalchi, a Roman aristocrat and artistic theorist. The
Fortuny's premature death in 1874 prompted him to return to Valencia, where he became a point of reference for the following generation. a point of reference for the next generation of painters. Testimony to this is the obituary published on 9 January 1919 in the Diario de Valencia's January 1919 published in the Diario de Valencia, which stated that "his disciples revered him and a whole host of modern painters a whole host of modern painters felt affection and admiration for him". In fact, he became president of the Círculo de Bellas Artes de Valencia and was de Bellas Artes of Valencia and served as a juror in various art competitions and exhibitions, including the National Exhibitions. National Exhibitions. Throughout his career, he also visited cities such as Paris, Granada and London, but he was always intimately linked to his hometown, Orihuela, and to his family.
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