Spain
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Biography: José Gutiérrez Solana
José Gutiérrez Solana (1886–1945), a Spanish painter and writer, left an indelible mark on the cultural landscape of Spain during a…
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The Roman Bridge at Sunset in Cordoba, Spain
The bridge was built by the Romans in the early 1st century BC, perhaps replacing a previous wooden one. It currently, after the…
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Granada: The History of its Art
Granada’s artistic prehistory is a murmur beneath the monumental—subtle, scattered, and largely silent. Yet beneath the grandeur of the Alhambra and…
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Biography: El Greco (Doménikos Theotokopoulos)
Doménikos Theotokopoulos, famously known as El Greco, which means “The Greek” in Spanish, was born on the island of Crete in…
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Inspiration: “La Pose,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Luis Ricardo Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to…
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Biography: Pablo Gargallo
Pablo Gargallo, born as Pablo Emilio Gargallo (January 17, 1881 – December 28, 1934), was a prominent Spanish sculptor known for…
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Biography: Francisco de Goya
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, born on March 30, 1746, in Fuendetodos, Spain, and passing on April 16, 1828, in…
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Inspiration: “Reclining Nude,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Falero was born in Granada and originally pursued a career in the Spanish Navy, but gave it up to his parents’…
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The History of Art in Valencia
In the bright, salt-laden air of Spain’s eastern coast, Valencia rises like a palimpsest of civilizations, each layer stitched tightly to…
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Biography: Pablo Picasso
Pablo Picasso, born on October 25, 1881, in Málaga, Spain, stands as one of the most influential artists of the 20th…
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Bilbao: The History of its Art
The painted caves of the Basque Country do not belong to Bilbao. And yet, without them, no serious account of Bilbao’s…
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Inspiration: “The Butterfly,” by Luis Ricardo Falero
Luis Ricardo Falero (1851 – December 7, 1896), Duke of Labranzano, was a Spanishpainter. He specialized in female nudes and mythological,…
