The catalogue of the exhibition "España Blanca y Negra: The Vision of Spain from Fortuni to Picasso" has been published
In cooperation with The Ministry of Culture of the Republic of Latvia, Embassy of the Republic of Latvia to the Kingdom of Spain and The Kadriorg Art Museum, the catalogue of the exhibition "España Blanca y Negra: Vision of Spain from Fortuni to Picasso" has been published.
The exhibition is an international collaborative project together with The Kadriorg Art Museum in Tallinn, which brings together works from fifteen Spanish museums and private collections, as well as curators from different countries - Carlos Alonso Perez-Fajardo (Spain), Aleksandra Murre (Estonia) and Ieva Kalanča and Aija Zandersone – from Latvia. The purpose of the exhibition is to outline the historical and artistic "portrait" of Spain of this time period, which determines the perception of the country both from the point of view of its inhabitants and foreigners.
The catalogue combines articles in which the curators Carlos Alonso Pérez-Fajardo and Alexandra Murre provide their insight into the topics discussed in the exhibition. The range of articles is also supplemented by Dr. Amaya Alzaga Ruíz, professor at the University of UNED (Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia), 17th and 19th century art researcher and collection specialist, expert on the academic painter Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta, who provides an overview on the development of Spanish landscape painting in the 19th century, from its beginnings in the Romantic period to the rise of the national school of painting.
The contribution of Mariano Fortuny, the brightest star of Spanish art of the second half of the 19th century, is analyzed in an article by the head of the Drawing Department of The National Art Museum of Catalonia, Dr. Francesc Quílez Corella. The Spanish art section of the catalogue is concluded by the chief curator and the head of the Modern Painting Department of The National Art Museum of Catalonia, one of the most recognized experts and active researchers of Picasso's art in Spain, Dr. Eduard Vallés Pallarés.
The catalogue also contains an overview of the Latvian art section on display at the exhibition. It is based on the research by Ieva Kalnača and Aija Zandersone on the connections of three Latvian artists – Gustavs Šķilters (1874–1954), Kārlis Brencēns (1879–1951) and Jāzeps Grosvalds (1891–1920) – with Spanish artists at the beginning of the 20th century.
Publisher: The Latvian National Museum of Art, 2024
