Title: El Arte Hispano
1 El Arte Hispano
- Los Famosos Artistas Hispanos
2Quiénes son algunos artistas hispanos?
- El Greco
- Diego Velázquez
- Francisco Goya
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Pablo Picasso
- Salvador Dalí
- Diego Rivera
- Frida Khalo
- Fernando Botero
- Marisol Escobar
- Juan Miró
- Antonio Gaudí
- José Clemente Orozco
- Juan Gris
- Jesús-Rafael Soto
3- The Prado Museum is renowned as being the largest
art gallery in the world. It exhibits
sculptures, drawings, coins and other works of
arts, but it is undoubtedly its large collection
of paintings which has given it fame worldwide.
It houses more than 8,600 paintings and takes a
whole day just to properly view them all. - Some of the Spanish paintings represented are the
works by the grand masters El Greco, Velázquez,
Murillo, Francisco Goya and a long list of other
great artists.
4Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía
- The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Sofía
is the official name of Spains national museum
of 20th century art. Highlights of the museum
include excellent collections of Spains two
greatest 20th century masters, Pablo Picasso and
Salvador Dalí. The most famous work in the
museum is Picassos Guernica. The Reina Sofía
also has fine collections of the works of Juan
Gris and Joan Miró.
5El Greco
- 1541 1614
- Real name Domenikos Theotokopoulos
- Born on the Greek island of Crete
- Spent most of his life in Spain where he was
called El Greco - One of his greatest masterpieces, The Burial of
Count Orgaz, is displayed at the Church of Santo
Tomé in Toledo, Spain. - Artwork has a mystical and religious theme
The Burial of Count Orgaz
6Diego Velázquez
- 1599 1660
- Born in the city of Seville, Spain
- He was hired as a court painter in the court of
Philip IV (Felipe IV). - Velazquez was sometimes called "the painter of
the truth" . - Possibly the greatest painter that ever lived,
experts claim that he produced the largest
quantity of masterful works of art. His works
hang in museums all around the world, including
the Prado.
The Maids of Honour(Las Meninas)
7Francisco José de Goya
- 1746 1828
- Born in Fuendetodos (Zaragoza), Spain
- Artwork reflected contemporary historical
upheavals and influenced important 19th- and
20th-century painters. - The bold technique of his paintings and his
belief that the artist's vision is more important
than tradition, Goya is often called "the first
of the moderns." (realism) - He evolved a bold, free new style close to
caricature.
The Shootings of May 3rd.(Los Fusilamientos del
3 de Mayo)
Game of the Little Giants(Las Gigantillas)
8Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- 1599 1682
- Born in Seville, Spain in where he lived until
his death. - Founded a prestigious painting academy
- His paintings, for the most part, are of a
religious nature and theme. - Also painted scenes of children and many precise
portraits - He is still considered a great universal master.
The Immaculate Conception of Soult(La Immaculada
de Soult)
9(Málaga 1881- Mougins 1973)
- Blue Period 1901-1904--"Life".
- 1907-"Las demoiselles d'Avignon" and Cubism
began. - In May 1937, he began the most famous work of
contemporary art, the "Guernica, depicting the
Spanish Civil War. - In 1963, the Picasso Museum in Barcelona was
inaugurated. This was an important institution to
which Picasso himself donated all the works he
owned in 1970. - He died shortly after, in 1973, in
Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins and was buried in
his castle in Vauvenargues.
Don Quixote
THE TRAGEDY (1903)(La Tragedia)
10THE MAIDS OF HONOUR (1957)(Las Meninas)
The key concept of Cubism is that the essence of
objects can only be captured by showing it from
multiple points of view simultaneously.
Three Musicians, or Musicians in Masks (1921)
11What do you see in this painting?
GUERNICA (1937)
12 Salvador Dalí
- Figueras, 1904 Figueras, 1989
- A flamboyant painter and sometime writer,
sculptor and experimental film-maker, Salvador
Dali was probably the greatest Surrealist artist,
using bizarre dream imagery to create
unforgettable and unmistakable landscapes of his
inner world. His most famous work is The
Persistence Of Memory. - A most famous dreamer
13Diego Rivera
- 1886-1957
- He was a Mexican Social Realist Muralist.
- Social Realism is a form of naturalistic realism
focusing specifically on social problems and the
hardships of everyday life. - As a member of the Mexican Communist Party,
Rivera remained loyal to the revolutionary cause
all his life, as is illustrated in many of his
paintings. - Frida Kahlo, Diego's third wife, was Diego's
great admirer, and she shared Diego's
revolutionary feelings.
The Arsenal - Frida Kahlo Distributes Arms (1928)
14Frida Kahlo
- Frida's life began and ended in Mexico City, in
her home known as the Blue House.. - Frida Kahlo was involved in a serious bus
accident . For a month, Frida was forced to stay
flat on her back, encased in a plaster cast and
enclosed in a boxlike structure. - Frida's enormous strength and will to live
allowed her to survive and make a remarkable
recovery. She began painting shortly after the
accident because she was bored in bed. This
became her lifelong profession. - Frida let out all of her emotions on a canvas.
She painted her anger and hurt over her stormy
marriage, the painful miscarriages, and the
physical suffering she underwent because of the
accident. - Frida began wearing the traditional Mexican
clothing, which consisted of long, colorful
dresses and exotic jewelry. This, along with
Frida's thick, connecting eyebrows, became her
trademark.
Self-Portrait on The Border Between Mexico and
the United States (1932)
15Fernando Botero
- 1932-present
- Neo-figurative Colombian artist
- Paintings and sculpture
- Uses his work to capture himself and his subjects
through color and form - Exaggerates proportions
Familia
16Marisol Escobar
- 1930-present
- Venezuelan who lives in Paris
- Makes sculptures and wooden figures as well as
paintings - Primarily self-taught
- Stopped painting in 1951 to focus on sculpture
- Influenced by Leonardo da Vinci
- Greatly influenced by
- Pop Art an art movement in the 1960s
where artists such as Lichtenstein, Warhol, and
Johns appropriated images from popular culture.
Marisols art work utilizes figures from everyday
life sometimes dressed in 60s fashion. She was
also considered a folk artist because of her use
of carved found objects and primitive form.
The Kennedys
17Joan Miró
- 1893-1983
- Barcelona, Spain
- Surrealist painter, ceramist and sculptor
- Preferred more contemporary means of expression
Vuelo de Pájaros
18José Clemente Orozco
- 1883-1949
- Mexican Social Realist, Muralist
- Co-lead the Mexican Mural Renaissance with Diego
Rivera
Zapatistas
19Antonio Gaudí
- 1852-1926
- Studied architecture in Barcelona
- Devout Catholic
- Died before La Sagrada Familia could be finished
- Left no blueprints
- Curving, surreal designs
- Art nouveau
La Sagrada Familia
20Juan Gris
- 1887-1927
- Cubism
- Influenced by Picasso
- Born Jose Victoriano González in 1887, in Madrid
- Studied first to be an engineer
Man in the Café
21Jesús-RafaelSoto
- 1923-2005
- Painter and Installation Artist
- Influenced by Cubism in his early years
- Specializes in Op Art and Kinetic Art
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