Temporary Exhibition (2)
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From November 16, 2021 to March 06, 2022
Paul Strand. Pure Beauty. Photographs from the Fundación MAPFRE Collection
Beginnings in New York (1915−1930) This is the first exhibition to show the complete holdings of the photographs of Paul Strand (New York, 1890−Orgeval, France, 1976) acquired by Fundación MAPFRE between 2011 and 2015, the largest existing collection outside the United States. The 131 images on display trace the milestones in t...
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From December 14, 2021 to March 20, 2022
Guest works. Joaquín Peinado
Engaging in dialogue with the paintings from the Carmen Thyssen collection on display in the second floor of the permanent collection, these five guest works from the Museo Unicaja Joaquín Peinado of the Fundación Unicaja Ronda show one of the many avenues that emerged from the formal revolution of the fin de siècle and early twenti...
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Sorolla in Jávea
Joaquín Sorolla (1863−1923) discovered Jávea in the autumn of 1896. The scenery of the place proved to be quite a revelation for the painter, then thirty-three. Sorolla was familiar with the landscapes of the beaches of his native Valencia, where he had spent hours on end making sketches and...
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Painting Light. Catalan Masters from the Carmen Thyssen Collection
A keen collector of works full of colour and emotion which captivate viewers with their beauty, Baroness Carmen Thyssen seems to have been concerned with painting light when she assembled her extraordinary holdings of Catalan masters. Sun-drenched landscapes and melancholic dusks in tranquil countr...
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Piranesi. A Visionary’s Prints
The more than a thousand prints produced by Giovanni Battista Piranesi (Venice, 1720−Rome, 1778) are the work of a passionate architect with a painter’s eye who only expressed his creativity in etched plates. A universal master of printmaking, Piranesi earned a reputation as the best vis...