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Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia |
Famous as the best contemporary art museum of the world, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia was inaugurated in the year 1992 on September 10 by the Royal Highness King Juan Carlos and Queen Sophia. The officially known national museum of Spain forms part of the Golden Triangle of Art that comprises of Passeo del Pardo and Museo del Pardo in the capital of Spain, Madrid. The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia has excellent collections of works of Spain's two greatest 20th-century art masters Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dali. The best exhibit of the museum is the famous painting of Picasso called Guemica. Apart from that, the museum has extensive collection of works of such artists as Juan Gris, Joan Miró, Julio González, Eduardo Chillida, Pablo Palazuelo, Antoni Tàpies, Pablo Gargallo, Lucio Muñoz, Luis Gordillo, Jorge Oteiza, José Luis Gutiérrez Solana and many other renowned artists. The museum consist two floors, second and fourth. The second floor is the house of the paintings of artists of early 20th-century till the end of World War II, 1939; the fourth floor is the house of contemporary paintings from 1939 till date.
The second floor paintings include:
ANGLADA CAMARASA (Hermenegildo Anglada-Camarasa). Barcelona 1871-Pollensa 1959
NONELL (Isidro Nonell). Barcelona 1873-Barcelona 1911
SOLANA (José Gutierrez Solana). Madrid 1886-Madrid 1945
DELAUNAY (Sonia Delaunay). Gradsihsk 1885-París 1979
LIPCHITZ (Jacques Lipchitz). Lithuania 1891-Capri 1973
JUAN GRIS (José Victoriano González). Madrid 1887-Boulogne-sur-Seine 1927
PABLO GARGALLO (Pablo Gargallo). Maella 1881-Reus 1934
PICASSO (Pablo Ruiz Picasso). Málaga 1881-Mougins 1973
MIRÓ (Joan Miró). Barcelona 1893-Palma de Mallorca 1983
JULIO GONZÁLEZ (Julio González). Barcelona 1876-Palma de Mallorca 1942
CALDER (Alexander Calder). Lawton 1898-New York 1976
ARP (Jean Arp). Strasbourg 1886-Balse 1966
DALÍ (Salvador Dalí). Figueras 1904-Figueras 1989
MAN RAY (Man Ray). Philadelphia 1890-París 1978
DOMÍNGUEZ (Oscar Domínguez). La Laguna 1906-París 1957
BUÑUEL (Luis Buñuel). Calanda 1900-Mexico 1983
MALLO (Maruja Mallo). Pontevedra 1902-Madrid 1995
PONCE DE LEÓN (Alfonso Ponce de León). Málaga 1900-Madrid 1936
LUIS FERNÁNDEZ(Luis Fernández). Oviedo 1900-París 1973
SÁNCHEZ (Alberto Sánchez). Toledo 1895-Moscú 1962
BENJAMÍN PALENCIA (Benjamín Palencia). Borrax1894-Madrid 1909
FERRANT (Angel Ferrant). Madrid 1890-Madrid 1961
The fourth floor paintings include:
CANEJA (Juan Manuel Díaz Caneja). Palencia 1905-Madrid 1988
TÀPIES (Antoni Tàpies). Barcelona 1923
OTEIZA (Jorge de Oteiza). Guipúzcua 1908
MONPÓ (Manuel Hernández Monpó). Valencia 1927-Madrid 1992
GUERRERO (José Gerrrero). Granada 1914 1927-Barcelona 1991
VICENTE (Estaban Vicente). Turégano 1903
EQUIPO 57 (José Cuenca) Puente Genil 1934, (Angel Duarte) Aldeanueva del Camino 1930
PALAZUELO (Pablo Palazuelo). Madrid 1916
BACON (Francis Bacon). Dublín 1909-Madrid 1992
KLEIN (Ives Klein). Niza 1928-París 1962
FONTANA (Lucio Fontana). Rosario de Sta. Fé 1899-Comabbio 1968
MILLARES (Manuel Millares). Las Palmas de G. Canaria 1926-Madrid 1972
SAURA (Antonio). Huesca 1930
DUBUFFET (Jean Dubuffet). Le Havre 1901-París 1985
LÓPEZ GARCÍA (Antonio López García). Tomelloso 1936
CHILLIDA (Eduardo Chillida). San Sebastian 1924
MERZ (Mario Merz). Milán 1925
EQUIPO CRÓNICA (Rafael Solves) Valencia 1940-Valencia 1981 y (Manuel Valdés) Valencia 1942.
ARROYO (Eduardo Arroyo). MAdrid 1937
GORDILLO (Luis Gordillo). Sevilla 1934
KELLY (Ellsworth Kelly). Newburgh 1923
JUDD (Donald Judd). Excelsior Spring 1928-New York 1994
SOTO (Jesús Rafael Soto). Bolívar 1923
GRUPO ZAJ (Juan Hidalgo). Las Palmas de G. Canaria 1923, (Walter Marchetti) Italia 1931, (Esther Ferrer) San Sebastian 1937 y (José Luis Castillejo) Sevilla 1932.
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