| March 13, 2003 |
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Manet/Velázquez: The French Taste for Spanish Painting
This  Metropolitan Museum site starts with a Flash reenactment of an 1852 Parisian art auction where frenzied bidders vie for Spanish painter Murillo's acclaimed "Immaculate Conception." The painting was sold to the Louvre for a king's ransom, and underscored France's growing appetite for works of previously unnoticed Spanish artists. Find out how in the first half of the 19th century, a school of painting that had suffered in relative obscurity greatly influenced masters like Manet, Cassatt, and Sargent. The timeline pinpoints pivotal dates, such as Lucien Bonaparte's covert Spanish art purchases in 1801 and the 1810 commission of 50 Spanish paintings for the Musée Napoleon. French artists, inspired by the Spanish flair for passion and drama trekked south to cities like Madrid, Seville, Ronda, and Burgos. This "cultural exchange" resulted in an era of art that celebrates the warmth and style of two vivid and expressive countries. (in Museums and Exhibits) |
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