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Book Review
Rosario de Velasco
11/2024 | 1460 | 166
Pages: 1180–1183
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Reviewer:
Hopkins, Claudia (Hopkins, Claudia)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Velasco, Rosario de
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, Spain
subjects:
Women artists / Spanish art / Spanish artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Rosario de Velasco By Estrella de Diego, Elena Rodríguez Carballo, Víctor Ugarte Farrerons, Toya Viudes de Velasco and Miguel Lusarreta. 144 pp. incl. 57 col. + b. & w. ills. (Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid, 2024), €30. ISBN 978–84–17173–89–0. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
25. Adán y Eva, by Rosario de Velasco. 1932. Oil on canvas, 109 by 134 cm. (© Rosario de Velasco, VEGAP, Madrid; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid).
Attributed works:
26. Lavanderas, by Rosario de Velasco. 1934. Oil on canvas, 209 by 197 cm. (© Rosario de Velasco, VEGAP, Madrid; private collection).
Attributed works:
27. Sin título (El cuarto de los niños), by Rosario de Velasco. 1932–33. Oil on canvas, 55 by 73 cm. (© Rosario de Velasco, VEGAP, Madrid; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid).
Book Review
Goya: La ribellione della ragione
08/2024 | 1457 | 166
Pages: 872–4
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Reviewer:
Kientz, Guillaume (Kientz, Guillaume)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
museums and institutions:
Palazzo Reale, Milan, Italy
subjects:
Spanish art / Spanish artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Goya: La ribellione della ragione Edited by Víctor Nieto Alcaide. 272 pp. incl. 200 col. ills. (24 ORE Cultura, Milan, 2023), €32. ISBN 978–88–6648– 728–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
12. Tu que no puedes (Thou who cannot), no.42 from the series Caprichos, by Francisco de Goya. 1797–99. Etching and aquatint, 21.8 by 15.2 cm. (Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, Madrid).
Attributed works:
13. Colossus, attributed to Francisco de Goya. After 1808. Oil on canvas, 116 by 105 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Book Review
Antes y después de Palomino: Historiografía artística e identidad nacional
04/2024 | 1453 | 166
Pages: 427–428
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Reviewer:
Cherry, Peter (Cherry, Peter)
Subjects
art literature:
Essays / Conferences
subjects:
Spanish art / Spanish artists / Art historiography
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Antes y después de Palomino: Historiografía artística e identidad nacional Edited by José Riello and Fernando Marías. 496 pp. incl. 90 b. & w. ills. (Abada, Madrid, 2022), €27. ISBN 978–84–19008–29–9. | :
Exhibition Review
Picasso in Fontainebleau
02/2024 | 1451 | 166
Pages: 199–201
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Reviewer:
Cowling, Elizabeth (Cowling, Elizabeth)
Subjects
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museum of Modern Art, New York, United States
places:
Fontainebleau
subjects:
French art / Spanish artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Picasso in Fontainebleau Museum of Modern Art, New York 8th October 2023–17th February 2024 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
23. Three musicians, by Pablo Picasso. 1921. Oil on canvas, 200.7 by 222.9 cm. (© Estate of Pablo Picasso and Artists Rights Society, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
24. Three women at the spring, by Pablo Picasso. 1921. Oil on canvas, 203.9 by 174 cm. (© Estate of Pablo Picasso and Artists Rights Society, New York; Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
25. Three women at the spring, by Pablo Picasso. 1921. Red chalk on canvas, 200 by 161 cm. (© Estate of Pablo Picasso and Artists Rights Society, New York; Musée national Picasso, Paris; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
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26. Three musicians, by Pablo Picasso. 1921. Oil on canvas, 204.5 by 188.3 cm. (© Estate of Pablo Picasso and Artists Rights Society, New York; Philadelphia Museum of Art; exh. Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Short Notice
Paintings in the collection of Catalina del Mazo
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1330–1332
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Author:
Manzano Rodriguez, Patricia (Manzano Rodriguez, Patricia)
Subjects
artists:
Mazo, Juan Batista Martinez del / Velázquez, Diego
sources:
Inventories
subjects:
Mazo, Catalina del / Jose, Espino Navarro / Collections, Private / Collecting / Collectors / Spanish art / Spanish artists
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. The family of the artist, by Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo. c.1664–65. Oil on canvas, 149.5 by 174.5 cm. (Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna).
Attributed works:
2. St Francis in the brambles, after Jusepe di Ribera. After 1632. Oil on canvas, 213 by 86 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Article
Goya’s ‘Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta’
12/2023 | 1449 | 165
Pages: 1300–1304
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Author:
Céron-Peña, Mercedes (Céron-Peña, Mercedes)
Subjects
artists:
Goya y Lucientes, Francisco José de
dates:
1820-1829
museums and institutions:
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis, United States
subjects:
Self-portraits / Spanish art / Spanish artists / Medicine / Politics / Symbolism (artistic concept) / Colour
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Self-portrait with Dr Arrieta, by Francisco de Goya. 1820. Oil on canvas, 114.6 by 76.5 cm. (Minneapolis Institute of Art; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
2. Detail of Fig.1, showing green and red brushstrokes in the white bedsheet.
Attributed works:
3. Detail of Fig.1, showing the face of the man behind Goya’s left shoulder.
Attributed works:
5. Detail of Fig.1, showing the friar or monk behind Arrieta’s right elbow.
Western art unattributed:
4. An allegory of Ferdinand VII’s constitutional oath. 1820. Handcoloured engraving, 19.4 by 25 cm. (Ayuntamiento de Madrid; Museo de Historia de Madrid).
Exhibition Review
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions
11/2023 | 1448 | 165
Pages: 1225-1228
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Reviewer:
Harris, Steven (Harris, Steven)
Subjects
artists:
Varo, Remedios
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, United States
subjects:
Spanish art / Spanish artists / Women artists / Surrealism
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Remedios Varo: Science Fictions Art Institute of Chicago 29th July–27th November | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
7. Ciencia inùtil, o El alquimista (Useless science, or The alchemist), by Remedios Varo. 1955. Oil on hardboard, 105 by 53 cm. (Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; exh. Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
8. Creación de las aves (Creation of the birds), by Remedios Varo. 1957. Oil on hardboard, 54 by 64 cm. (Museo de Arte Moderno, Mexico City; exh. Art Institute of Chicago).
Attributed works:
9. Armonía (Harmony), by Remedios Varo. 1956. Oil on hardboard, 75 by 92.7 cm. (Private collection; exh. Art Institute of Chicago).
Book Review
Murillo: From Heaven to Earth
09/2023 | 1446 | 165
Pages: 1027-29
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Reviewer:
Cherry, Peter (Cherry, Peter)
Subjects
art literature:
Exhibition catalogues
artists:
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban
museums and institutions:
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, United States
subjects:
Spanish artists / Spanish art / Genre paintings
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Murillo: From Heaven to Earth Edited by Guillaume Kientz, with contributions by Ronni Baer, Madeleine L. Haddon, Fernando Loffredo and Xavier F. Salomon. 200 pp. incl. 175 col. + b. & w. ills. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, 2022), £45. ISBN 978–0–300–26671–9. | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
10. Four figures on a step, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. c.1658–60. Oil on canvas, 109.9 by 143.5 cm. (Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth).
Attributed works:
11. A young man drinking, by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo. 1655–60. Oil on canvas, 62.8 by 47.9 cm. (National Gallery, London).
Exhibition Review
Otro Renacimiento: Artistas Españoles en Nápoles a comienzos del Cinquecento
02/2023 | 1439 | 165
Pages: 183-185
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Reviewer:
Baker-Bates, Piers (Baker-Bates, Piers)
Subjects
artists:
Master of Bolea / Ordonez, Bartolomé / Siloé, Diego de / Machuca, Pedro / Berruguete, Alonso / Fernández, Pedro, called Pseudo-Bramantino
dates:
2020-2030
museums and institutions:
Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, Spain
places:
Italy / Naples
subjects:
Spanish art / Spanish artists
subjects:
Renaissance art / Renaissance Italy
Reviewed Items
subjects:
Otro Renacimiento: Artistas Españoles en Nápoles a comienzos del Cinquecento Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid 18th October 2022–29th January 2023 | :
Illustrations
Attributed works:
15. Reconstruction of the Altarpiece of the Visitation, by Pedro Fernández, formerly in S. Maria delle Grazie Maggiore, Naples. c.1508–10.
Attributed works:
16. St John the Baptist, by Girolamo Santacroce. c.1532–36. Marble, height 150 cm. (Seminario Arcivescovile, Naples; exh. Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Attributed works:
17. The Virgin and the souls of Purgatory, by Pedro Machuca. 1517. Oil on panel, 167 by 135 cm. (Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid).
Book Review
A Life of Picasso IV: The Minotaur Years, 1933–1943. By John Richardson
12/2022 | 1437 | 164
Pages: 1301-1302
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Reviewer:
Green, Christopher (Green, Christopher)
Subjects
art literature:
Biographies
artists:
Picasso, Pablo
dates:
1930-1939 / 1940-1949
subjects:
French art / Spanish artists
Reviewed Items
subjects:
A Life of Picasso IV: The Minotaur Years, 1933–1943 By John Richardson. 310 pp. incl. numerous col. + b. & w. ills. (Alfred A. Knopf, New York, 2021), £35. ISBN 978–0–307–26666–8. | :
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