A Life of Dual Disciplines In the coastal air of A Coruña, a man was born who would lead two vastly different lives, balancing the precision of a soldier with the sensitive hand of a painter. Román Navarro began his path in the halls of the Escuela de Artes de la Coruña, where his talent was recognized early enough to see him become an assistant teacher by 1885. His hands were as accustomed to the brush as they were to the rigors of military life, a duality that defined his existence until his passing in 1928. His ambition carried him far beyond the shores of Galicia. A scholarship from the D…