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Carlos Arévalo Calvet
Carlos Arévalo Calvet (born August 19, 1906, Madrid, Spain – September 7, 1989, Madrid, Spain) was a Spanish Sculpture, sculptor and film director. Biography Born in Madrid in 1906, he studied sculpture at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. A Falangism, Falangist activist, he was involved in filmmaking during the Francoist Spain, Francoist dictatorship and directed several successful films. Notably, the premiere of ''Harka'' (1941), although the film has since been criticized as "militaristic and pro-Francoist propaganda". In 1942, he released ''Rojo y negro (film), Rojo y negro'', a film with Falangist undertones that, after a few weeks in theaters, did not receive approval from the authorities and was eventually withdrawn from circulation. Also in that year, he unsuccessfully attempted to adapt the theatrical work ''Fuenteovejuna'' for the screen. From 1944 onwards, he focused on sculpture and eventually became a professor at the School of Arts and Craft ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Madrid
Madrid ( ; ) is the capital and List of largest cities in Spain, most populous municipality of Spain. It has almost 3.5 million inhabitants and a Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area population of approximately 7 million. It is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits, second-largest city in the European Union (EU), and its wikt:monocentric, monocentric Madrid metropolitan area, metropolitan area is the List of metropolitan areas in Europe by population, second-largest in the EU.United Nations Department of Economic and Social AffairWorld Urbanization Prospects (2007 revision), (United Nations, 2008), Table A.12. Data for 2007. The municipality covers geographical area. Madrid lies on the Manzanares (river), River Manzanares in the central part of the Iberian Peninsula at about above mean sea level. The capital city of both Spain and the surrounding Community of Madrid, autonomous community of Madrid (since 1983), it is also th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
