From Picasso to Tapies
dal 29/10/2001 al 17/2/2002
Segnalato da
29/10/2001
From Picasso to Tapies
Gemeentemuseum, Den Haag
20th-century Spanish masterpieces: leading works by Picasso, Miró, DalÃ, Gris, Fernández, Tà pies etc. seldom seen outside the walls of Madrid's Reina SofÃa Museum. Spanish artists working in the period before 1945 exercised a major influence on artistic developments in the twentieth century.
Masterpieces from the Reina SofÃa
This autumn, the Gemeentemuseum is holding an exhibition
of 20th-century Spanish masterpieces: leading works by
Picasso, Miró, DalÃ, Gris, Fernández, Tà pies etc. seldom
seen outside the walls of Madrid's Reina SofÃa Museum.
Spanish artists working in the period before 1945 exercised
a major influence on artistic developments in the twentieth
century. They were in the vanguard of the changes taking
place in the art world, in style, in professional attitudes and
in the place of the artist within society.
Picasso was a key figure in this respect. With his
succession of styles, he demonstrated the importance of
artistic freedom. And his world-famous Guernica was a
penetrating commentary on the Spanish civil war. (Ten
preliminary studies for this are included in the exhibition.)
The stylistic evolution in Picasso's work is also reflected
(albeit in a completely different way) in that of artists like
Miró and DalÃ.
After World War II, artists like TÃ pies, Chillida and Saura
maintained the Spanish tradition: they were interested in
Abstraction and Surrealism, both figurative and
non-figurative. Their work often responds to their
predecessors' themes and choices of material.
The masterpieces in this exhibition are all from the Reina
SofÃa Museum in Spain and there is very rarely any chance
to see them elsewhere.
For visitors from outside The Hague who want to take time
to appreciate the 'Picasso to TÃ pies' exhibition, the Bel-Air
Hotel (just round the corner from the museum) is offering a
special arrangement.
Photo: Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) Coll. Museo Nacional Centro de Arte ReÃna Sofia
The Gemeentemuseum owns extensive collections of
modern art, the applied arts, fashion and music. The modern
art collection provides a varied overview of developments in
the fine arts since the early 19th century.
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