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Museo De Escultura Al Aire Libre De Alcalá De Henares
The Museum of Outdoor Sculpture of Alcala de Henares (''Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares'') is a permanent exhibition of contemporary art in public Alcalá de Henares (Madrid — Spain), opened in 1993 and organized by the sculptor José Noja. History The museum was started in 1991 by sculptor José Noja inaugurated in August 1993. The collection consists of 58 sculptures both figurative and abstract art, modern and contemporary works mainly Spanish artists, as well as Americans and Europeans. The sculptures are arranged in two urban sections: along the Complutense Avenue (''Vía Complutense''), and bordering the old city walls. This makes it the longest in its class of all Europe, with more than two kilometers long. There are interesting statues of important artists such as Amadeo Gabino, José Lamiel, Pablo Serrano or Úrculo, among others. Sculptors The collection includes works by the following sculptors: [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alcalá De Henares
Alcalá de Henares () is a Spanish city in the Community of Madrid. Straddling the Henares River, it is located to the northeast of the centre of Madrid. , it has a population of 193,751, making it the region's third-most populated Municipalities in Spain, municipality. Predated by earlier settlements (''oppidum, oppida'') on the left bank of the Henares, the city has its origins in the :es:Complutum, Complutum settlement founded in Roman times on the right bank (north) of the river, that became a bishopric seat in the 5th century. One of the several Muslim citadels in the Middle Mark of al-Andalus (hence the name ''Alcalá'', a derivative of the Arabic term for citadel) was established on the left bank, while, after the Christian conquest culminated circa 1118, the bulk of the urban nucleus returned to the right bank. For much of the late middle-ages and the early modern period before becoming part of the province of Madrid, Alcalá de Henares was a seigneurial estate of the Roma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
José Luis Sánchez Fernández
José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacular form of Joseph, which is also in current usage as a given name. José is also commonly used as part of masculine name composites, such as José Manuel, José Maria or Antonio José, and also in female name composites like Maria José or Marie-José. The feminine written form is ''Josée'' as in French. In Netherlandic Dutch, however, ''José'' is a feminine given name and is pronounced ; it may occur as part of name composites like Marie-José or as a feminine first name in its own right; it can also be short for the name ''Josina'' and even a Dutch hypocorism of the name ''Johanna''. In England, Jose is originally a Romano-Celtic surname, and people with this family name can usually be found in, or traced to, the English county of C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
National Sculpture Museum (Valladolid)
The "National Museum of Sculpture" is a museum in Valladolid, Spain, belonging to the Spanish Ministry of Culture. The museum has an extensive sculptural collection ranging from the Middle Ages to the 19th century. The collections come mostly from churches and monasteries in the Region of Castile, whose pieces of religious art were confiscated by the State in 1836, by order of Minister of Finance Mendizábal. Other parts of the collections come from particular donations, deposits or acquisitions by the State. The museum was founded as the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts on 4 October 1842. It had its first headquarters at the Palacio de Santa Cruz. On 29 April 1933 it was moved to the Colegio de San Gregorio. Other current seats are in the 16th-century ''Palacio de Villena'' and ''Palacio del Conde de Gondomar'' The museum houses works from the 13th to 19th centuries, executed mostly in the Central Spain, and also in other regions historically connected to Spain (Italy, Fland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museo Nacional Centro De Arte Reina Sofía
The ''Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía'' ("Queen Sofía National Museum Art Centre"; MNCARS) is Spain's national museum of 20th-century art. The museum was officially inaugurated on September 10, 1992, and is named for Queen Sofía. It is located in Madrid, near the Atocha train and metro stations, at the southern end of the so-called Golden Triangle of Art (located along the Paseo del Prado and also comprising the Museo del Prado and the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza). The museum is mainly dedicated to Spanish art. Highlights of the museum include excellent collections of Spain's two greatest 20th-century masters, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí. The most famous masterpiece in the museum is Picasso's 1937 painting ''Guernica''. Along with its extensive collection, the museum offers a mixture of national and international temporary exhibitions in its many galleries, making it one of the world's largest museums for modern and contemporary art. In 2021, due to the COVID-19 p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Contemporary Art Museums
Contemporary art museums around the world specialize in collecting and exhibiting contemporary art. The following is an alphabetical listing of major contemporary art museums, divided by country. A number of such museums are named Museum of Contemporary Art. Argentina * Museum of Contemporary Art of Rosario, Rosario Armenia * Cafesjian Museum of Art Australia * Artspace Visual Arts Centre, Sydney * Australian Centre for Contemporary Art (ACCA), Melbourne * Gallery of Modern Art, Brisbane (GOMA, part of QAGOMA), Brisbane * Monash University Museum of Art (MUMA), Melbourne * Museum of Contemporary Art Australia (MCA), Sydney * Museum of Old and New Art, Hobart Austria * Albertina Modern (part of the Albertina), Vienna * 21er Haus, Vienna * Mumok, Vienna * The Heidi Horten Collection, Vienna Belgium * Museum of Contemporary Art, Antwerp * KANAL — Centre Pompidou, Brussels * Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent Bosnia and Herzegovina * MSURS Muzej Savremene Umj ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Seguí
Jorge is a Spanish and Portuguese given name. It is derived from the Greek name Γεώργιος (''Georgios'') via Latin ''Georgius''; the former is derived from (''georgos''), meaning "farmer" or "earth-worker". The Latin form ''Georgius'' had been rarely given in Western Christendom since at least the 6th century. The popularity of the name however develops from around the 12th century, in Occitan in the form ''Jordi'', and it becomes popular at European courts after the publication of the ''Golden Legend'' in the 1260s. The West Iberian form ''Jorge'' is on record as the name of Jorge de Lencastre, Duke of Coimbra (1481–1550). List of people with the given name Jorge * Jorge (footballer, born 1946), Brazilian footballer * Jorge (Brazilian singer), Brazilian musician and singer, Jorge & Mateus * Jorge (Romanian singer), real name George Papagheorghe, Romanian singer, actor, TV host * Jorge Betancourt, Cuban diver * Jorge Campos, Mexican football player * Jorge Cantú, b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Venancio Blanco
Venancio (Spanish or Tagalog), Venâncio (Portuguese), Venanzio (Italian) or Venantius (Latin) is a masculine given name. Venâncio is also a Portuguese surname. It may refer to Given name ;Venancio *Venancio Concepción, Filipino army general * Venancio Costa (born 1967), Spanish volleyball player * Venancio García (1921–1994), Spanish footballer *Venancio Flores (1808–1868), Uruguayan political leader and general *Venancio José (born 1976), Spanish sprinter *Venancio Antonio Morin (1843–1919), Venezuelan military officer and politician *Venancio Ramos (born 1959), football striker from Uruguay * Venancio Roberto, 19th century governor of Guam * Venancio Serrano, Filipino military officer *Venancio Shinki (1932–2016), Peruvian painter ;Venanzio *Giuseppe Venanzio Marvuglia (1729–1814), Italian architect * Venanzio da Camerino, 16th century Italian painter *Venanzio Ortis (born 1955), Italian long-distance runner *Venanzio Rauzzini (1746–1810), Italian composer, pi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrique Carbajal
Enrique () is the Spanish variant of the given name Heinrich of Germanic origin. Equivalents in other languages are Henry (English), Enric (Catalan), Enrico (Italian), Henrik (Swedish, Danish, and Norwegian), Heinrich (German), Hendrik, Henk (Dutch), Henri (French), and Henrique (Portuguese). Common nicknames of Enrique are Kiki, Kiko, Kike, Rick, Ricky, and Quique. Enrique is also a surname. A variant surname is '' Enriquez'' (son of Enrique). Notable people with the name include: Given name * Enrique of Malacca (fl. 1511–1521), Malay slave who may have been the first person to travel around the world * Enrique Aguirre (born 1979), Argentine athlete * Enrique Álvarez Félix (1934–1996), Mexican actor * Enrique Bolaños (1928–2021), President of Nicaragua from 2002 to 2007 * Enrique Bunbury (born 1967), Spanish singer and band member of Heroes Del Silencio * Enrique Campos (born 1961), Venezuelan road bicycle racer * Enrique Castillo (born 1949), American actor * Enri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
María Teresa Torras
Maria Teresa Torras (née Maria Teresa Recoder; Villacarlos, Menorca, 2 January 1927 – Caracas, 7 March 2009), was Venezuelan-nationalized Spanish artist specializing in sculpture, textiles and metalwork. Individual exhibitions * 2006, Síntesis Geométrica. Galería D’Museo, Caracas, Venezuela. * 2001, Lanzas Contra El tiempo. Galería D’Museo, Caracas, Venezuela. * 1998, “Código X”, Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Caracas Sofía Imber, Caracas. * 1994, “Macabeos”, Galería de Arte Nacional, Caracas. “Torsos Fragmentados”, Galería UNO, Caracas. * 1990, “Testigos Silentes”, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas. * 1984, Sala Mendoza, Caracas. Museo de Arte Moderno “Mario Abreu”, Aragua. * 1979, “Tapices”, Galería de Arte/Contacto, Caracas. * 1976, Joyas, Galería de Arte/Contacto, Caracas. * 1973, Museo de Bellas Artes, San Juan de Puerto Rico. Joyas, Galería de Arte/Contacto, Caracas. * 1971, “Del Blanco al Negro” (Dibujos), Galería Track, Cara ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
