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- Julio Arturo Grullón Julia (February 8, 1869 - July 14, 1942) was a Dominican painter, ophthalmologist, and educator. A student of influential Puerto Rican intellectual Eugenio María de Hostos, Grullón is considered one of the forerunners of Dominican national art, and remembered as one of the founders of Dominican surgery. He was a part of the first graduating class of students from the Normal School in Santo Domingo in 1884, established by his professor de Hostos. Early in life, he was also a student of Spanish painter Juan Fernández Corredor and Dominican painter Luis Desangles, whose workshop brought him into the circle of other prominent young artists and intellectuals like Abelardo Rodríguez Urdaneta, Manuel María Sanabia, Arquímedes de la Concha, Leopoldo Navarro, Adolfo García Obregón, and Francisco González Lamarche. After graduating from the Normal school, Grullón travelled to Europe to study art, settling in Paris where he eventually earned his degree in medicine in 1902. He returned to his hometown of Santiago de los Caballeros to practice his specialties in Surgery, Obstetrics and Ophthalmology, acquiring national recognition throughout the years. In addition, he provided his ophthalmological services in Santo Domingo, Puerto Plata, San Pedro de Macorís and San Francisco de Macorís. He was the first Dominican to practice cataract operations and surgeries. Grullón married his niece Filomena Amelia Grullón, daughter of his brother Alejandro Servio Grullón with María Luisa Rodríguez-Objío, a daughter of National Hero Manuel Rodríguez Objío. Grullón was granduncle of banker Alejandro Grullón and great-granduncle of banker Manuel Alejandro Grullón. Grullón died on July 14, 1942 in the same city where he was born. At present, the Children's Hospital of Santiago de los Caballeros bears his name. (en)
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- Julio Arturo Grullón Julia (February 8, 1869 - July 14, 1942) was a Dominican painter, ophthalmologist, and educator. A student of influential Puerto Rican intellectual Eugenio María de Hostos, Grullón is considered one of the forerunners of Dominican national art, and remembered as one of the founders of Dominican surgery. Grullón died on July 14, 1942 in the same city where he was born. At present, the Children's Hospital of Santiago de los Caballeros bears his name. (en)
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