Luis Paret y Alcázar (Madrid, 1746‒1799) has been hailed as a ‘spontaneous and joyful’ painter who allowed himself to be ‘overly’ influenced by French art. Labelled as the ‘Spanish Watteau’ and the most genuine representative of Rococo painting in the country, he has long been considered the second most important painter of his day after Goya. However, these considerationsContinue reading “Opens today: Dibujos de Luis Paret (1746-1799) at the Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid”
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Featured Exhibition: Drawings by Rosario Weiss
Biblioteca Nacional de España, Madrid, until 22 April 2018 This exhibition features more than a hundred drawings by Rosario Weiss (Madrid, 1814‒1843) as well as a few prints and paintings. It sets out to show the work of an outstanding draughtswoman who is better known for her relationship with Francisco de Goya (1746‒1828) than for her artistic career. WeissContinue reading “Featured Exhibition: Drawings by Rosario Weiss”
ARTES visit to the Museo del Prado (14 January 2017)*
ARTES VISIT TO MADRID RIBERA DRAWINGS, MUSEO del PRADO With Dr Edward Payne, Senior Curator, Spanish Art, Auckland Castle Trust Saturday 14th January 2017, 9:30 – 11:00 A.M. Rendezvous at Museo del Prado (at main entrance at the back of the building) *Due to unforeseen circumstances, the visit to El Escorial on Friday 13th JanuaryContinue reading “ARTES visit to the Museo del Prado (14 January 2017)*”
Curators in Conversation: Ribera across the Generations. 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursday 9th February, 2017
With Gabriele Finaldi (Director, The National Gallery) & Edward Payne (Senior Curator: Spanish Art, Auckland Castle Trust) at Colnaghi, 26 Bury Street, London SW1Y 6AL ARTES welcomes Gabriele Finaldi, curator of Ribera: Master of Drawing at the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid (22 November 2016 – 19 February 2017), in conversation with Edward Payne,Continue reading “Curators in Conversation: Ribera across the Generations. 6:30-8:30 pm, Thursday 9th February, 2017”
Madrid: Spanish Drawings from the Uffizi
I Segni nel tempo. Dibujos españoles de los Uffizi Real Academia de San Fernando Madrid, 12 May – 24 July 2016 Exhibition of 129 Spanish drawings from the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries selected from the Uffizi’s holdings in Florence by Professor Benito Navarrete. The exhibition is the result of two years of research amongContinue reading “Madrid: Spanish Drawings from the Uffizi”
Lecture, 6pm, 18 January 2016. Architectural Practice in Spain, 1370-1450: Drawings, Documents & Historiography
The Coll & Cortés Medieval Spain Seminar in the Research Forum South Room in the Courtauld Institute of Art, London. By Dr Encarna Montero, University of Valencia 6-7pm, Monday 18th January, followed by a drinks reception. Free attendance, open to all A significant number of sources for the study of architectural practise survive from medievalContinue reading “Lecture, 6pm, 18 January 2016. Architectural Practice in Spain, 1370-1450: Drawings, Documents & Historiography”
El legado de al-Ándalus: Las antigüedades árabes en los dibujos de la Academia (Madrid)
Exhibition El legado de al-Ándalus: Las antigüedades árabes en los dibujos de la Academia Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando Madrid 22 September – 8 December 2015 Includes 175 works, the majority drawings along with six paintings and various prints from the Academy’s collections which illustrate Moorish antiquities from Andalucia. Online catalogue, byContinue reading “El legado de al-Ándalus: Las antigüedades árabes en los dibujos de la Academia (Madrid)”
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”
Goya Study Day, Courtauld Institute, Saturday, 2 May 2015
GOYA: SATURDAY STUDY DAY Goya: The Witches and Old Women Album – In Context 2 May 2015 10.30 – 16.30 Kenneth Clark Lecture Theatre, The Courtauld Institute of Art The Courtauld Gallery’s exhibition reassembles all the known sheets from one of Goya’s eight celebrated albums of ‘private’ drawings. These albums, each distinct in subject-matter, style andContinue reading “Goya Study Day, Courtauld Institute, Saturday, 2 May 2015”
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