''Blanco y Negro'' (English: "White and Black") was a Spanish-language weekly art and literary magazine and later, the companion of the daily ''

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''. The magazine was published in

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, Spain.

History and profile

''Blanco y Negro'' was established in 1891. The title of the magazine was a reference to the contrasts in life such as laughter and tears and the sad and happy. Its founder was Torcuato Luca de Tena. The magazine was controlled by the

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through Editorial Catolica which also published it on a weekly basis. The headquarters of the weekly was in Madrid. ''Blanco y Negro'' employed color print, paper couché and advanced image printing techniques such as

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and

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for the first time in Spain. In addition, it published the first color photo in the country on 15 May 1912. The magazine covered the articles of various Spanish writers and caricaturists, including

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, Ramon Cilla among the others. The weekly also published articles by Hilda de Toledano (literary pseudonym of

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), a writer and famous pretender to the throne of

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. In 1988, ''Blanco y Negro'' became a Sunday supplement to the daily newspaper ''

''. In 2005, it was renamed ''ABCD Las Artes y Las Letras'' and continues as a weekly supplement.

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