Spanish Painting From El Greco to Picasso:
Time, Truth and History
Introduction
Spanish Painting from El Greco to Picasso: Time, Truth, and History is an overview of Spanish painting focusing on the key artists of the last five centuries. Co-organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and the State Corporation for Spanish Cultural Action Abroad (SEACEX), this exhibition is the first to present a comprehensive overview of Spanish painting that not only mixes examples from different centuries, but also capitalizes on themes that have been repeated over the course of history. [more]
Historical Overview
The history of Spain is as rich, colorful, and diverse as that of any country in the world, encompassing the diverse histories of the Roman, Moslem, Jewish, Greek, Phoenician, and North African people who have, at one time or another, called the Iberian Peninsula home. With access to both the Mediterranean Sea and the Atlantic Ocean, present-day Spain (which shares the Iberian Peninsula with Portugal) has served as a vital trading link and entry point into both North Africa and Southern Europe. The history of Spain has been greatly influenced by this crosscurrent of ethnicities and religions. But the culture and history of Spain have been shaped not only by those who conquered and fought for control of the Iberian Peninsula, but also by the artists who flourished during the sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries—Spain’s so-called Golden Age—as well as by the more recent twentieth-century masters. [more]
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Landscape of Fire
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Blood and Sand
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The Domestic World
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