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This summer, the San Antonio Museum of Art brings together a remarkable selection of some of the most acclaimed Spanish paintings, conveying the richness of artistic traditions in the country. Titled 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid, this dramatic survey explores five centuries of Spanish painting, starting with the union of Queen Isabella and King Ferdinand in the late fifteenth century to the turn of the twentieth century.
The display will include more than forty works of art created by artists such as El Greco, Diego Velázquez, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, and Pablo Picasso. It also celebrates the artistic achievements of many other Spanish masters, such as Juan de Flandes, Luis de Morales, Luis de Madrazo y Kuntz, Antonio María Esquivel, and Ignacio Zuloaga. Works on view include portraiture, landscape from the earliest hints of naturalism to the impressionist and expressionist movements of the late nineteenth century, devotional painting, and still life.
Organized by Dr. Katherine Crawford Luber, the Kelso Director, and Dr. William Keyse Rudolph, Chief Curator and The Marie and Hugh Halff Curator of American Art, the exhibition Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid will be on view at the San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio, Texas, USA from June 23rd until September 16th, 2018. The museum has also conceived the Summer of Spain, a program of lecture series, film festivals and a weekly evening, Festivál de Arte, featuring flamenco lessons, poetry readings, music, and art-making, all taking place throughout the run of the exhibition.
Let’s take a look at some of the highlights of this impressive show.
Featured images: Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida – View of Toledo (Vista de Toledo), 1912. Oil on canvas, 27 9/16 in (70 cm) x 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm). Fundación Museo Sorolla, Madrid; Santiago Rusiñol – Green Wall. Sa Coma, V (Muralla verde. Sa Coma, V), 1904. Oil on canvas, 37 3/8 in. (95 cm) x 41 5/16 in. (105 cm). Colección Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; Ignacio Zuloaga – Young Village Bullfighters (Torerillos de pueblo), 1906. Oil on canvas, 77 9/16 in. (197 cm) x 60 5/8 in. (154 cm). Colección Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid © 2018 Estate of Ignacio Zuloaga, Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York. © Photographic Archives Museo Nacional; Bartolomé Esteban Murillo – The Annunciation (La Anunciación), ca. 1650. Oil on canvas, 72 1/16 in. (183 cm) x 88 9/16 in. (225 cm). Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid © Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. All images courtesy of San Antonio Museum of Art.
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