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Gold Medal Of Merit In The Fine Arts (Spain)
The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts ( es, Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, link=no) is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain , image_flag = Bandera de España.svg , image_coat = Escudo de España (mazonado).svg , national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond") , national_anthem = (English: "Royal March") , i ... to individuals or institutions excelling in artistic or cultural creation or to those that have provided valuable services to promotion of art and culture or to conservation of artistic heritage. The medals were created by means of a December 1969 decree. They are bestowed on an annual basis. Award recipients Some award recipients include: References External links * {{Official website 1969 establishments in Spain Awards established in 1969 Spanish awards ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Medalla Al Mérito De Las Bellas Artes , Filipino economist
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Medalla is a Spanish word meaning medal. It may also refer to: * Medalla Light, a Puerto Rican beer produced by Cervecera de Puerto Rico * David Medalla (born 1942), Filipino international artist * Felipe Medalla Felipe Manguiat Medalla is a Filipino economist currently serving as the Governor of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, central monetary authority of the Philippines, and the ''ex officio'' chairman of the Anti-Money Laundering Council, the cent ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chus Lampreave
María Jesús Lampreave Pérez (11 December 1930 – 4 April 2016), known professionally as Chus Lampreave, was a Spanish character actress who starred in more than 70 films. She is internationally known for her roles in films by Pedro Almodóvar. Biography Lampreave was born in Madrid. She planned on being a painter and studied at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando, after which she worked as an illustrator for the publishing firm. It had not been her intention to become an actress, but she was discovered by Jaime de Armiñán and began appearing in films in 1959. Her first work with Pedro Almodóvar was in '' Entre tinieblas'' (1983). In total, Lampreave appeared in eight of his films. Almodóvar is known for his use of recurring female stars; they are referred to as the " Almodóvar girls". Lampreave was known for playing old ladies, usually eccentric female relatives that sported extremely thick glasses. She was recognized for the humor and hum ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alaska (singer)
María Olvido Gara Jova (born 13 June 1963), better known as Alaska, is a Spanish-Mexican singer famous in Spain and Hispanic America. She was one of the founding members of the La Movida Madrileña, the cultural and artistic movement that followed the end of Francoist Spain. This movement, in which music, the arts, cinema and fashion erupted and collided to show what Spain had become under Franco. She has participated, since the late 1970s, in several music groups: Kaka de Luxe 1977, Alaska y los Pegamoides 1980, Alaska y Dinarama 1983, and since 1989, the Spanish electropop band, Fangoria. Today, Alaska continues to perform and has become an icon of 1980s Spain. Life and career Early life Alaska was born in Mexico City on 13 June 1963. Her father, from Asturias, Spain, was in Mexico living in exile during the Spanish Civil War along with her Cuban mother, who was also living in Mexico in exile from Fidel Castro. In 1973, two years before caudillo Francisco Franco died, her ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mansilla+Tuñón
Mansilla may refer to: * Mansilla (surname), a Spanish surname * Mansilla de la Sierra, a place in Spain *Mansilla de las Mulas Mansilla de las Mulas (), ''Mansiella'' in Leonese language, is a municipality located in the province of León, Castile and León, Spain. According to the 2010 census (INE), the municipality has a population of 1,913 inhabitants. The town is on ..., a place in Spain * Mansilla Mayor, a place in Spain * Gobernador Mansilla, a place in Argentina See also * Mansilla + Tuñón Architects, a Spanish architecture firm {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ángel Peralta Pineda
Ángel Peralta Pineda, known as Centauro de las Marismas (18 March 1926 – 7 April 2018), was a Spanish rejoneador. Career His public debut was in the Plaza de La Pañoleta (Seville) in 1945 and in Las Ventas in 1948 with a bull of Molero, accompanied by the shortlist of bullfighters Morenito de Talavera Chico, Rafael Yagüe and Antonio Chaves Flores. In 1954 he filmed alongside the rejoneador Bernardino Landete in scenes from the film ''La Princesa de Éboli'' (''That Lady'') by Terence Young and ''Cabriola'' in 1960, by Mel Ferrer. In the 1960s he used to lead the ranks of knights in the square. In the 1972 season, he began to form a team with his brother Rafael Peralta and Manuel Vidrié to perform a complete rejoneo show. In the fair of April of Seville of 1979, he made a performance in the La Maestranza, obtaining an important triumph. He continued acting in the 1980s, fighting a few more years of seventy corridas. He was considered one of the best rejoneadores eve ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ceesepe
Carlos Sánchez Pérez (31 May 1958 – 7 September 2018), known professionally as Ceesepe, () was a Spanish painter, comics artist and illustrator. He was especially prolific in drawings and collages, with his style is often classified as pop art. He is considered a major figure in La Movida Madrileña. His pseudonym is based on the Spanish pronunciation of his initials: C: ''ce'', S: ''ese'', P: ''pe'' = "Ceesepe". In 2011, he received Spain's Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts. Biography At sixteen years old, halfway through the 1970's, Ceesepe was introduced to the world of underground comix, coming into contact with Barcelonian artists and illustrators such as Max, , and Javier Mariscal. He worked with them in Barcelona up until 1979. He was one of the most popular painters in the artistic boom of ''La Movida Madrileña''. His work at that stage consisted of screen prints, film posters, album covers, and illustrations. He published his first cartoon series, '' Sl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alejandro Sanz
Alejandro Sánchez Pizarro, better known as Alejandro Sanz (; born 18 December 1968), is a Spanish musician, singer and composer. Sanz has won 22 Latin Grammy Awards and four Grammy Awards. He has received the Latin Grammy for Latin Grammy Award for Album of the Year, Album of the Year three times. The singer is notable for his flamenco-influenced ballads, and has also experimented with several other genres including pop music, pop, rock music, rock, funk, contemporary R&B, R&B and jazz. Born in Madrid to parents from Andalusia, Sanz began playing guitar at age seven, taking influence from his family's flamenco roots. Sanz released Los Chulos Son Pa' Cuidarlos, his debut album at age nineteen, although he did not gain commercial success in Spain until his second release, ''Viviendo Deprisa'' (1991). His next two records, ''Si Tú Me Miras'' (1993) and ''3 (Alejandro Sanz album), 3'' (1995) also fared well commercially, but it was his 1997 breakthrough album ''Más (album), Más' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eloísa García De Wattenberg
Eloísa García García (7 April 1923 – 11 July 2017), also known as Eloísa García de Wattemberg and Eloísa de Wattenberg, was a Spanish historian, archivist and museum curator. Early life and education Eloísa García García was born on 7 April 1923 in Valladolid. She was educated at the University of Valladolid The University of Valladolid is a public university located in the city of Valladolid, Valladolid province, autonomous region of Castile and Leon, Spain. Established in the 13th century, it is one of the oldest universities in the world. The un ... where she met Federico Wattenberg, whom she would marry in 1949. Career Wattenberg began her archiving career with the Simancas Archive, before being appointed director of the National Sculpture Museum in 1968. She held this position for 20 years, while also collaborating with the House Museum of Columbus, the House of Zorrilla and the Diocesan Museum. In 1973, Wattenberg presided over the Museology in the Departmen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
El Hortelano
José Alfonso Morera Ortiz (August 6, 1954 – December 20, 2016), commonly known by his artist name, El Hortelano (the horticulturist), was a painter. He was influential in the countercultural movement known as the Movida Madrileña, along with artists like Ouka Leele, Ceesepe, Guillermo Pérez Villalta, film director Pedro Almodóvar, singer Alaska, and photographer Alberto García-Alix. El Hortelano's style of painting evolved over time, and this evolution includes a distorted figurative period, a romantic period of orange tonalities, and, later, a period where lyricism and naturalism were emphasized. Considered one of the most important Spanish artists of his generation, he was awarded the Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts on November 3, 2010. Early life El Hortelano's father, José Morera Martínez, was a pharmacist and a keen painter and potter. His mother, Cándida Ortiz Ortiz, published seven books of poetry. Like his relative born a century earlier, Jaume Morera ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miguel Bosé
Luis Miguel González Bosé (born 3 April 1956), usually known as Miguel Bosé, is a Spanish pop new wave singer and actor. Early life Bosé was born in San Fernando Hospital in Panama City, Panama, the son of Italian actress Lucia Bosè (1931–2020) and Spanish bullfighter Luis Miguel Dominguín. Bosé grew up surrounded by art and culture: Pablo Picasso and Ernest Hemingway were close friends of the family. The film director Luchino Visconti was his godfather while Pablo Picasso was the godfather to his sister Paola Dominguín. Career Propelled by his famous family and their friends, Bosé started a career as an actor in 1971, taking part in various movies. He quickly found work on the basis of his talent and good looks rather than his family name. He studied acting as well as dancing and singing. Due to the lack of acting opportunities, he started exploring his talents as a singer in 1975. With the assistance of Camilo Sesto he recorded his first singles. Two years late ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antonio Banderas
José Antonio Domínguez Bandera (born 10 August 1960), known professionally as Antonio Banderas, is a Spanish actor and singer. Known for his work in films of several genres, he has received List of awards and nominations received by Antonio Banderas, various accolades, including a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, Cannes Film Festival Award and a European Film Award, in addition to nominations for an Academy Award, a Tony Award, two Primetime Emmy Awards, and five Golden Globe Awards. Banderas began his acting career with a series of films by director Pedro Almodóvar in the 1980s; he then appeared in several Hollywood films, such as ''Philadelphia (film), Philadelphia'' (1993), ''Interview with the Vampire (film), Interview with the Vampire'' (1994), ''Desperado (film), Desperado'' (1995), ''Assassins (1995 film), Assassins'' (1995), ''Evita (1996 film), Evita'' (1996), and ''The Mask of Zorro'' (1998). He also appeared in the first three films of the Spy Kids (franch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alberto Schommer
Alberto Schommer García (9 August 1928 – 10 September 2015) was a Spanish photographer. Biography Alberto Schommer was born in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain. He was introduced to the skill of photography from his father, a photographer from Vitoria who immigrated from Germany, , where he opened a studio during the 1940s. Later, Schommer was academically trained in the field of this art in the German city of Cologne and Paris. The Spanish government awarded him the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts in 2008 and the National Prize of Photography in 2013. In 1996 he became a member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. In recognition of his career as a photographer and having become a person of prestige in the photographic field, his hometown (Vitoria) has a street named in his honor in the district of Adurza. He died on September 10, 2015, in San Sebastián, at 87 years of age due to respiratory problems caused by cancer. Works Throughout his history, he has travel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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