Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
The Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao is one of the most important museums in Spain and has more than 8000 works in its collection, covering different time periods from the 12th century to the present day. The collection contains old, modern and contemporary art and shows u. a. some paintings from the Spanish and Flemish Schools and a collection of Basque artists.
Basque artist
The museum in Bilbao not only has the most important collection of works by Basque artists, but is also the most important institution in terms of collecting documents and information about the artists themselves. The painter Manuel Losada from Bilbao was one of the museum's greatest patrons and his first Director. Aurelio Arteta, also a painter from Bilbao, was the first director of the Museo de Arte Moderno. The collection of today's museum is a summary of the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes, founded in 1914, and the Museo de Arte Moderno from 1924. The museum received additional works from local institutions and private donors, as well as through acquisitions by the museum itself, which were used to raise the profile contributed to the collection.
Exhibited artists and pictures
In the halls of the museum, works and a. the following artist shown:
- Bartolomé Bermejo : The Flagellation Of St. Engracia , 1474–1477
- Ambrosius Benson : Pietà At The Foot Of The Cross , 1530
- Lucas Cranach the Elder : Lucretia, 1534
- Jan Mandijn : Burlesque Feast , 1550
- Hans Vredeman de Vries : Architectural Fantasy with Figures
- Martin de Vos : The Rape of Europa , 1590
- Anthonis Mor : Portrait of Philip II , 1549–1550
- Alonso Sánchez Coello : Portrait of Juana of Austria, Princess of Portugal , 1557
- El Greco : The Annunciation , 1596–1600
- Frans Pourbus : Portrait of Maria De 'Medici , 1606–1607
- Orazio Gentileschi : Lot and his daughters , 1628
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Zurbarán
- Anton van Dyck
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Juan de Arellano : Small flower basket , 1671
- Luis Eugenio Meléndez : Still life with fruits and jug , 1773
- Bernardo Bellotto
- Francisco de Goya : Portrait of Martín Zapater , 1797
- Luis Paret : View of El Arenal in Bilbao , 1783–1784
- Jenaro Pérez Villaamil: General View of Toledo From The Cross of… , 1836
- Augustin Théodule Ribot : Still Life with Pumpkin, Plums, Cherries, Figs And ... , 1860
- Eduardo Zamacois : The Untimely Visit , 1868
- Federico de Madrazo : Portrait of Federico de Madrazo painting , 1875
- Paul Gauguin : Washerwomen In Arles , 1888
- Mary Cassatt : Woman Sitting With A Child In Her Arms , 1890
- Joaquín Sorolla : Portrait of Unamuno , 1912
- Adolfo Guiard : Little Village Girl With Red Carnation , 1903
- James Ensor
- Darío de Regoyos : Bathing in Rentería , 1900
- Joaquim Sunyer : Desnudo en el campo, 1925
- Arteta
- Gutiérrez Solana
- Vázquez Díaz
- Lipchitz
- Robert Delaunay : Femme Nue Lisant (Nude Woman Reading) , 1920
- Gonzalez
- Pablo Gargallo : El Profeta, sculpture, 1933
- Francis Bacon
- Palazuelo
- Jorge Oteiza : sculptures, grave steelen
- Eduardo Chillida : Sculpture (in front of the museum)
- Anthony Caro : sculpture
- Richard Serra : Bilbao, sculpture, 1983
- Manolo Millares
- Antoni Tàpies
- Antonio Saura
- Markus Lüpertz
- Kitaj
- Peter Blake
- Eduardo Arroyo
- Miquel Barceló
- Ignacio Zuloaga : Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles - ca.1913
- Julio Romero de Torres : Venus of Poetry , 1913
- Paco Durrio
Web links
- Official website (English, Spanish, Basque)
- Pictures of the museum on Google Art
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jenaro Pérez Villaamil in the English language Wikipedia
Coordinates: 43 ° 15 ′ 57.6 " N , 2 ° 56 ′ 16.1" W.