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Yoryi Morel Biography, Age, Height, Wife, Net Worth and Family

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Yoryi Morel (Jorge Octavio Morel Tavárez (or Tavares)) was born on 25 October, 1906 in Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic. Discover Yoryi Morel's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is He in this year and how He spends money? Also learn how He earned most of networth at the age of 73 years old?

Popular AsJorge Octavio Morel Tavárez (or Tavares)
OccupationN/A
Age73 years old
Zodiac SignScorpio
Born25 October, 1906
Birthday25 October
BirthplaceSantiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Date of death1979 (aged 72–73) - Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic Santiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Died PlaceSantiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
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Yoryi Morel Height, Weight & Measurements

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Who Is Yoryi Morel's Wife?

His wife is Ilonka Szabó

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Yoryi Morel Net Worth

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Net Worth in 2023$1 Million - $5 Million
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He was declared the "Pintor Nacional" (national painter) by the Dominican Congress on October 25, 2006.

Two retrospectives were held to mark the 100th anniversary of his birth: Por los Caminos de Nuestra Expresión at the Museo Bellapart in Santo Domingo in 2006 and Autonomía y Trascendencia at Centro León in Santiago de los Caballeros in 2007.

He died in 1979. Many of his works are exhibited in the National Museum of Modern Art in Santo Domingo.

Morel was also appointed Deputy Director of the National School of Fine Art in 1948 and was honored by the Dominican government in 1973 with the “Order of Merit of Duarte, Sánchez and Mella” and the rank of "Caballero."

He married Hungarian Ilonka Szabó, daughter of Károly Szabó and Szanet Czeglédy, with whom he had three children: Jorge Enrique Morel Szabó (1946), Janos Laszlo Morel Szabó (1949), and Ilonka Morel Szabó (1954). He also had two daughters from a previous relationship with Rosa Flete: Yolanda Antonia Morel Flete (1943) and Filomena Morel Flete.

Morel spent most of his life in his native city. In 1933, he founded a fine-arts school in Santiago de los Caballeros, going on to teach other native artists, including Clara Ledesma.

Morel held his first solo exhibition in Santo Domingo, at the time Cuidad Trujillo, in 1932. He participated in the Dominican Republic's first biennial art exhibition in 1942, and won first prize in the sixth biennial in 1952.

In 1927, an Inter-Antillean Exhibition in Santiago was held; the art exhibition, which was attended by artists from Cuba, Puerto Rico, Haiti and other artists from Dominican Republic besides Morel. It wasn’t until the well-known journalist Juan Batutista Lamarche wrote an article on the twenty-four year old artist that enthusiasm and attention spread throughout the country for the provincial artist.