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THE ART OF LUIS ALVAREZ ROURE
"At the heart of Roure’s virtuosity are two strengths. First, he has perfected his draftsmanship… taken directly from the paintings of past masters. Roure’s second strength is the empathy he so evidently feels with his sitters. Their expressions and poses convey the sense of life that comes not only through observation but also through an intuitive connection between people".
-Peter Trippi, editor-in-chief of Fine Art Connoisseur Magazine.
"Luis Alvarez Roure paints directly from his models. His incisive observations are reflected in his subjects' expressions, to reveal much life below the surface. The rich subtleties of line and color need to be seen in person".
-Thomas Paquette, artist.
"Luis is an award-winning portrait artist based in New Jersey, USA. He is a virtuoso with a gift to convey reality within vibrant atmospheres".
-Fine Art Commissions, London.
Selected Collections
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Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
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Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico.
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Princeton University, Princeton, N.J.
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Museu Europeu d’Art Modern, Barcelona.
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The Federal Reserve System, Washington, D.C.
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University of Connecticut, Stamford, CT.
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Collection of Bertita and Guillermo L. Martinez.
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Financial Group, Hong Kong and Macao.
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Collection of Brad Garrett.
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University of Houston Law Center, Houston, TX.
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The Players, New York, N.Y.
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The Steinway Hall, New York. N.Y.
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Warren County Courthouse, Warren PA.
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The New Community Corporation, Newark, N.J.
Selected Awards
● 2023- 39th Annual Art Competition. Honorable Mention. Portrait/Figure. Artists Magazine.
● 2022- Draper Grand Prize & People’s Choice Award; 24th International Portrait Competition. Portrait Society of America.
● 2022- Vanessa Rothe Award, New York Figurative Exhibition; Salmagundi Club.
● 2020- Finalist, 15th International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition; Figurative Category.
● 2019- Finalist, Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition; Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery.
● 2019- Certificate of Achievement and Honorable Mention; Fifth International Figure Painting Competition. NTDTelevision.
● 2019- Finalist, One Self. See.Me Exhibitions. Digital display.
● 2019- Finalist, 14th International Art Renewal Center Salon Competition; Figurative Category.
● 2018- Select Fifty; 20th International Portrait Competition. Portrait Society of America.
● 2017- Select Fifty; 19th International Portrait Competition. Portrait Society of America.
● 2015- Finalist, Figurativas 2015.
● 2012- Finalist, Second Teaching Studios of Art; Plein Air Competition.
● 2012- Third Place Winner at the Connecticut Society of Portrait Artist’s juried competition. Juror: Steven Assael.
● 2011- Finalist, American Artist Magazine Cover Competition; Drawing Magazine.
Selected Exhibitions
● 2023. Titania’s Ball. Group Exhibition. October 1 to December 31. Era Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA.
● 2023. SCNY 139th Annual Members Exhibition. Group Exhibition. May 1 to May 27, 2023. Salmagundi Club, NYC.
● 2023. SCNY 2nd Annual Hartley Invitational. Group Exhibition. March 6 to April 1, 2023. Salmagundi Club, NYC.
● 2022. Lineage: generations of Realism. Group Exhibition. November 20 to December 10, 2022. Salmagundi Club, NYC.
● 2022. The 24th International Portrait Competition by The Portrait Society of America. Group Exhibition. April 19-24, 2022. The Grand Hyatt Atlanta-Buckhead Hotel, Atlanta, GA.
● 2022. New York Figurative Exhibition. Group Exhibition. January 10 to January 28, 2022. Salmagundi Club, NYC.
● 2021. The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today. Group Exhibition. September 10, 2021 to January 23, 2022. Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis, MO.
● 2021. Illumination: The New Pre-Raphaelites. Group Exhibition. October 22, 2021 to January 10, 2022. Era Contemporary Gallery, Philadelphia, PA.
● 2021- Urban Portrait. Group Exhibition. May 26 to August 14, 2021. Stone Sparrow, New York, N.Y.
● 2021- Luis Alvarez Roure: Music and Muse. Solo Exhibition. April 14 to May 22, 2021. Stone Sparrow, New York, N.Y.
● 2021- Beautiful Things. Group Exhibition. March 3 to April 22, 2021. Stone Sparrow, New York, N.Y.
● 2020- The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today. Group exhibition. October 3, 2020 to April 4, 2021. The Michele and Donald D’Amour Museum of Fine Arts of the Springfield Museums, Springfield, MA.
● 2020- Contemporary Narratives. Group Exhibition. September 9 to October 9, 2020. Stone Sparrow, New York, N.Y.
● 2020- Persistence of Time. Group Exhibition. February 5 to February 29, 2020. Stone Sparrow, New York, N.Y.
● 2019- Birds of a Feather. Group Exhibition. December 11, 2019, to January 20, 2020. Stone Sparrow, New York, N.Y.
● 2019- NTD Television Fifth International Figure Painting Competition. Group exhibition. November 24 to November 30, 2019. Salmagundi Art Club, New York, N.Y.
● 2019- Recent Acquisitions. Group exhibition. Nov. 15, 2019 to Aug. 30, 2020. Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
● 2019- The Outwin 2019: American Portraiture Today. Group exhibition. October 26, 2019 to August 30, 2020. Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.
● 2019- One Self. See.Me group exhibition. June 13th, 2019. Digital display. ChaShaMa Gallery at One World Trade Center, New York, NY.
● 2019- Small Gems. Group exhibition. February 23 to March 21, 2019. Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
● 2018- 34th Anniversary/Great American Figurative exhibition. Group exhibition. November 17 to December 14, 2018. Waterhouse Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA.
● 2016- Cándido: The Last Legendary Music Journey. Group exhibition. November 4 to November 21, 2016. City College Center For The Arts. Aaron Davis Hall Art Gallery, New York, N.Y.
● 2016-“Praesentare” Solo exhibition. September 26 to November 3, 2016. Contemporary Art Galleries-UConn, Stamford, CT.
● 2015- The Unfinished Portrait. Solo exhibition. Exhibition of “alla prima” portraits by painter Luis Alvarez Roure. April 11 to May 2, 2015. Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA.
● 2014- Small Works. Group exhibition hosted by The Art Students League of New York. Manhattan Borough President’s Office, New York, NY.
● 2014- Face First. Group exhibition. A competitive international collection of works exploring the theme of the human face. Manifest Gallery, Cincinnati, OH.
● 2014- Luis Alvarez Roure: Contemporary Realism. Solo exhibition. The exhibition includes portraits, studies, and landscapes: The Delaplaine Visual Arts Education Center, Frederick, MD.
● 2013- Figuratively Seeing. Two-man exhibition. Paintings exploring the expressive nature of the body and portraiture by Luis Alvarez Roure and James Russell May. Crary Art Gallery, Warren, PA.
● 2012- 2nd Annual Teaching Studios Plein Air Competition. Group exhibition. Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, NY.
● 2012- Faces of Winter. Group exhibition, UCONN, Stamford CT.
● 2011- Untold Narratives. Group exhibition, GE Cultural Art Gallery, Fairfield, CT.
● 2023- Album Cover. Philip Glass Solo. Philip Glass performs beloved works for piano, from his home studio and personal piano, on an intimate new record. January 26, 2024. Album artwork; credit: Luis Álvarez Roure: National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. Weblink: https://philipglass.com/glassnotes/philip-glass-solo/
● 2023- Realism Today. The Virtuosities of Luis Alvarez Roure. Written by Laura Vailati. September 12, 2023.
Weblink: https://realismtoday.com/realism-art-virtuosities-of-luis-alvarez-roure/
● 2023- American Art Collector. Unveiling/Luis Alvarez Roure: Portrait of Felix Oduyemi. Written by Kimberly Azzarito. July 2023. Issue 213. P.32
● 2023- Artists Magazine. 39th Annual Art Competition Prize Winners. Edited by Holly Davis. January/February, 2023. Vol 40 no.1. p. 41.
2022- THE BENNETT-SCHMIDT LECTURES ON THE HIGHER AIM OF ART: LUIS ALVAREZ ROURE: "A CONVERSATION." Interview by Dan Thompson. Aired, November 16, 2022.
● 2022- The Players Hall of Fame Honorees Catalog.October, 2022.
● 2022- International Artist Magazine. And The Winner Is. Written by Christine Egnosky.
October/November 2022. Issue 147. P.34.
● 2022-The Guide Artists. Masterpieces Volume 1. Luis Alvarez Roure. September 2022. First Edition. P. 151-154.
● 2022- American Art Collector. Paths of Perseverance. Written by Christine Egnosky.
August 2022. Issue 202. p. 56-61.
● 2022- The Art of the Portrait Journal Vol. XXIV. Sharing Experiences. Written by Christine Egnosky. Second Quarter 2022. Issue 94. p. 16-17
● 2022- Sixteenth International ARC Salon/International Realism/Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 78 & 139.
● 2021- Fifteenth International ARC Salon/International Realism/Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 100.
● 2021- El Vocero Newspaper (online edition) “Boricua en Colección Permanente en el Smithsonian”. Written by Jorge Rodriguez. July 14, 2021. Weblink: https://www.elvocero.com/escenario/cultura/boricua-en-colecci-n-permanente-del-smithsonian/article_d77ce1ce-e424-11eb-b061-0fa21712c6d2.html
● 2021- Been Magazine. Cover image. June 2021. Issue 4.
● 2021-Fine Art Connoisseur. Events Preview. Luis Alvarez Roure: Music and Muse. Volume 18, Issue 3. May/June 2021. P.127
● 2021- El Adoquín Times Newspaper (online edition) “El Pintor Puertorriqueño Luis Alvarez Roure”. Written by Natalia Sofía Gulick de Torres. January 26, 2021. Weblink: https://eladoquintimes.com/2021/01/27/el-pintor-puertorriqueno-luis-alvarez-roure/
● 2020-The Guide Artists. Best of The Guide Artists Magazine of 2020. People’s Choice Awards. December 2020. Issue 40. P. 119.
● 2020-The Guide Artists. “Luis Alvarez Roure” Written by Denisa Prochazka. November 2020. Issue 39. P. 16-27.
● 2020- American Art Collector. “Collector’s Focus: The Art of the Nude” October 2020. Issue 181. P. 62.
● 2020- Desde el Arte (Ep.13). Interview by Abimael Acosta. Aired, September 26, 2020.
● 2020- American Art Collector. “Luis Alvarez Roure: Figure Obsession” June 2020. Issue 176. P. 78-79.
● 2019- Fourteenth International ARC Salon Competition Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 99.
● 2019-The Season 11 (Mea-S11) Manifest Exhibition Annual Season 11, p. 58.
● 2019- Vanity Fair. Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, and more Toast the National Portrait Gallery’s Latest Inductees. Written by Dan Adler. November 18, 2019.
● 2019- The Outwin 2019 Catalog. P.2, P.38. October 25, 2019.
● 2019- Google Arts & Culture. Hidden Wounds.
Weblink: https://artsandculture.google.com/asset/hidden-wounds-luis-%C3%81lvarez-roure/MwGQVBsxsjRy_g?hl=en
● 2019- Los Angeles Times (online edition) Audrey Hepburn, Morgan Freeman, and more round out National Portrait Gallery additions. Written by Christi Carras. October 1, 2019.
● 2019- NTD Television Fifth International Figure Painting Competition Catalog. P.106, P.111
● 2019- Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery “What's On” September/November 2019 edition.
● 2018- Fine Art Connoisseur. “Luis Alvarez Roure: Composing in Paint” Written by Peter Trippi. November/December issue, 2018. P.80-83.
Weblink: https://realismtoday.com/composing-in-paint-representational-portraits/
● 2018- NBC News morning segment: Visiones: Portrait Painter Luis Alvarez Roure. Television Interview by Lynda Baquero. Aired, July 1, 2018.
● 2018- La Perla Newspaper (online edition) “Obra de Artista Puertoriqueño en la National Portrait Gallery”. April 13, 2018.
● 2016- Downbeat Magazine (online edition) Afro Cuban Legend Candido Honored with Vibrant Concert in NYC. Written by Russ Musto. November 22, 2016.
● 2016- Fine Art Connoisseur. “Great Art Nationwide” Written by Peter Trippi. Fall, 2016. P.82
● 2016- MEAM. Fundació de les Arts i els Artistes Collection’s. Contemporary Art XXI Century. p. 452
● 2016- El Nuevo Día Newspaper (online edition) “Boricua se destaca por su talento en el arte”. Written by Gloria Ruiz Kuilan. January 4, 2016.
● 2015- The Frederick News-Post (online edition) The Art of Portraiture Coming to the Delaplaine. Written by Arlene Caridis. August 16, 2015.
● 2014- Cover of the book “Piano Lessons With Claudio Arrau” by Victoria von Arx, Oxford University Press, spring 2014.
● 2011- American Artist Drawing Magazine. Written by Austin Williams. Spring 2011, p. 30.
● 2011- Eight International ARC Salon Competition Catalogue Raisonnè, p. 70.
Selected Press