Spain 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid
EL GRECO. 痴贰尝脕窜蚕鲍贰窜. GOYA. SOROLLA. PICASSO. These are just some of the Spanish masters whose paintings are included in Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid. This Tricentennial exhibition will feature more than forty masterpieces of Spanish painting drawn from major collections in Madrid鈥攊ncluding the Prado, San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts Museum, and the Reina Sofia鈥攃omplemented by a select group of works from American museums. The exhibition will only be seen in San Antonio, and many of the works of art have never been on view in the United States.
鈥淏y bringing together paintings from different collections, Spain offers a dynamic narrative,鈥� said Chief Curator William Keyse Rudolph, PhD, the exhibition鈥檚 co-curator. 鈥淔rom devotional works that demonstrate the dominance of the Catholic Church at the end of the Middle Ages to cosmopolitan paintings from the dawn of the twentieth century, visitors will see the beauty of Spanish painting and its legacy.鈥�
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EL GRECO. 痴贰尝脕窜蚕鲍贰窜. GOYA. SOROLLA. PICASSO. These are just some of the Spanish masters whose paintings are included in Spain: 500 Years of Spanish Painting from the Museums of Madrid. This Tricentennial exhibition will feature more than forty masterpieces of Spanish painting drawn from major collections in Madrid鈥攊ncluding the Prado, San Fernando Royal Academy of Fine Arts Museum, and the Reina Sofia鈥攃omplemented by a select group of works from American museums. The exhibition will only be seen in San Antonio, and many of the works of art have never been on view in the United States.
鈥淏y bringing together paintings from different collections, Spain offers a dynamic narrative,鈥� said Chief Curator William Keyse Rudolph, PhD, the exhibition鈥檚 co-curator. 鈥淔rom devotional works that demonstrate the dominance of the Catholic Church at the end of the Middle Ages to cosmopolitan paintings from the dawn of the twentieth century, visitors will see the beauty of Spanish painting and its legacy.鈥�
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