Enrique Ochoa
Artwork: La Marchenera, La Farsa cover, 1928
Enrique Ochoa (1891–1978), full name Enrique Estévez Ochoa, was born in El Puerto de Santa María and became one of Spain's most prolific illustrators. He published more than 2,000 illustrations, worked for La Esfera and for Blanco y Negro between 1916 and 1931, and illustrated the complete works of Rubén Darío in 1917 to 1919.
Spanish criticism nicknamed him “el pintor de la música,” the painter of music, and he counted Picasso and García Lorca among his friends, painting Lorca's portrait in 1933. His La Farsa cover for La Marchenera shows a harlequin in pink, yellow, and turquoise leaning against a Pierrot in a garden in Marchena in 1842. The zarzuela, with music by Federico Moreno Torroba, premiered at the Teatro de la Zarzuela on April 7, 1928.
The works
Read the story: La Marchenera: Enrique Ochoa's 1928 Zarzuela Cover for La Farsa