Tag: spanish art
Pablo Picasso
Nu couché
Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta, 1820
Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Oil on canvas
As court painter to both Charles III and Charles IV of Spain, Goya achieved considerable fame as a portraitist. Self-Portrait with Dr. Arrieta, the last of his many self-portraits, was executed late in his life. In 1819, Goya had fallen seriously ill and his doctor, Eugenio Garc’a Arrieta, nursed him back to health. On recovering, he presented Arrieta with this painting which shows the physician ministering to his patient. The words at the bottom read in translation, Goya gives thanks to his friend Arrieta for the expert care with which he saved his life from an acute and dangerous illness which he suffered at the close of the year 1819 when he was seventy-three years old. He painted it in 1820. This inscription gives the canvas the look of an ex-voto, a type of religious painting still popular in Spain, which expresses gratitude for deliverance from a calamity.
Julio Gonzalez, Montserrat cridant, num 1, 1936-39
Picasso
Couple
Pablo Picasso, The Source, 1921 Photo: Åsa Lundén / Modern Museum © Succession Picasso / Bildupphovsrätt 2016
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida – Strolling along the Seashore The lady in white
David Moreno
Silence 2012
The Ecstasy of St. Francis – El Greco. c.1580. Oil on canvas. 102 x 75 cm. Bishop’s Palace, Siedlce, Poland.
Adán Vallecillo. Amantes imperfectos 2012. 4,5 x 4,5 cm. Estuche y pilas gastadas. PM8 Gallery. Vigo (Spain)