Exhibition: Rosario Weiss, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid

Drawings by Rosario Weiss from the Lazaro Collection, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid  14 May – 29 June 2015 Exhibiting some 36 drawings (from a collection of 58) by the goddaughter and follower of Goya, who learned her drawing and lithographic print-making skills alongside Goya in the 1820s in Madrid and Bordeaux. Her miniature portraits andContinue reading “Exhibition: Rosario Weiss, Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid”

Exhibition: Vicente Carducho, Madrid, May – September 2016

  Vicente Carducho: teoría y práctica del dibujo en el Siglo de Oro, Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, 29 May – 6 September 2015. Major exhibition of drawings, many never shown before, by Vicente Carducho (Florence 1576-1638 Madrid), a key artist at the Spanish court. Accompanied by contextualizing documents and prints by Carducho’s contemporaries drawnContinue reading “Exhibition: Vicente Carducho, Madrid, May – September 2016”

New book on the Spanish Royal Wallpaper Factory

The Spanish Royal Wallpaper Factory was the last 18th century royal factory to be created (under Carlos III), yet was almost entirely forgotten. Read all about it in this new publication: Isadora Rose-de Viejo, La Real Fábrica de Papeles Pintados de Madrid (1786-1836): Arte, artesanía, industria. Madrid (Ediciones Cátedra-Grandes Temas núm. 64), 2015, 258 págs.,Continue reading “New book on the Spanish Royal Wallpaper Factory”

First Durham-Northumbria Colloquium on Medieval and Golden Age Hispanic Studies, 9-10 July 2015

First Durham-Northumbria Colloquium on Medieval and Golden Age Hispanic Studies Primer Coloquio de Estudios Hispánicos Medievales y del Siglo de Oro (Universidades de Durham y de Northumbria) Registration is now open. Venue: Northumbria University (Newcastle upon Tyne), Sutherland Building Date: 9-10 July 2015 Programme: 2015-06-FirstDurhamNorthumbria MedievalGoldenAgeProgramme