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• 07 / 25 / 2008

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The paintings, belonging to the collection of the Havana-based National Museum of Fine Arts, include 17 works by Valencian Joaquín Sorolla and nine by Ignacio Zuloaga. The rest are selected works from the Cuban art gallery under the theme: ‘Luminism´ -- the late 19th-century painting style emphasizing a unique clarity of light.

The exhibit´s organizer José Ángel Pérez and curator María Castro, from the National Museum of Fine Arts, traveled to Malaga for the inauguration. From Malaga , the exhibit will also be taken to the cities of Almeria and Cadiz .

A total of 60 paintings were taken from Havana to Spain , of which only 50 are being exhibited, while the rest (10) are being kept for possible rotations during movements to other Andalusian cities.

Besides Sorolla and Zuloaga, the exhibit includes works by other Spanish painters like Rusiñol, Anglada, Francisco Pons and Manuel Beneditto. It covers the period between the late 19 th century and the beginning of the 20 th century –considered a time of crisis for European painting, resulting from the transition from Naturalism to Modernism.

In the case of Spain , the most prominent painters of the time were Sorolla and Zuloaga, who represented two quite opposite styles.

While Sorolla was a naturalist painter with an optimistic vision of reality, Zuloaga followed a more symbolic tradition, leveling fierce criticism at society and the prevailing way of life at the turn of the 19 th century.

With this exhibit, the Unicaja Foundation seeks to enrich the offer at the Malaga museums and attract ever-greater numbers of visitors.

Last Friday, another exhibit was inaugurated in Malaga , comprising paintings from the collection of the Hispanic Society of America in New York City . The works, also by Valencian Joaquín Sorolla, had already been exhibited in the cities of Valencia and Seville .

Organized by Bancaja, the exhibit ‘Sorolla´s Vision of Spain´ has already received a total of 582.000 visits, and together with the exhibit organized by the Unicaja Foundation constitute a very attractive offer for lovers of Spanish impressionist painting from the late 19 th century.



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