Bilbao Fine Arts Museum
The Museum of Fine Arts in Bilbao is one of the most important museums in Spain and has more than 8,000 works to his collection, which cover different time periods from the 12th century until today. The collection includes ancient, modern and contemporary art and shows, inter alia, a number of paintings of Spanish and Flemish school, as well as a collection of Basque artists.
Basque artist
The museum has not only the most important collection of works by Basque artists, but is also the most important institution, what the collection of documents and information about the artist himself, the painter Manuel Losada from Bilbao was one of the biggest sponsors of the museum and its first director. Aurelio Arteta, also a painter from Bilbao, the first director of the Museo de Arte Moderno was. The collection of today's museum is a summary of the collection of the Museo de Bellas Artes, founded in 1914, and the Museo de Arte Moderno of 1924. Additionally works, the Museum of local institutions and private donors, as well as through acquisitions of the museum itself, which for profiling contributed to the collection.
Exhibited artists and images
In the halls of the museum works are shown, inter alia, the following artists:
- Bartolomé Bermejo: The Flagellation Of St. Engracia, 1474-1477
- Ambrosius Benson: Pietà At The Foot Of The Cross, 1530
- January Mandijn: Burlesque Feast, 1550
- Hans de Vries Vredeman: Architectural Fantasy with Figures
- Martin de Vos: The Rape of Europa, 1590
- Anthonis Mor: Portrait of Philip II, 1549-1550
- Alonso Sánchez Coello: Portrait of Juana of Austria, Princess of Portugal, 1557
- El Greco: The Annunciation, 1596-1600
- Frans Pourbus: Portrait of Maria de 'Medici, 1606-1607
- Orazio Gentileschi: Lot and his Daughters, 1628
- Jusepe de Ribera
- Zurbarán
- Anton van Dyck
- Bartolomé Esteban Murillo
- Juan de Arellano: Small basket of flowers 1671
- Luis Eugenio Meléndez: Still Life with Fruit and Jug, 1773
- Bernardo Bellotto
- Francisco de Goya: Portrait of Martín Zapater, 1797
- Luis Paret: View of El Arenal in Bilbao, 1783-1784
- Jenaro Pérez Villaamil: General View of Toledo From The Cross of ..., 1836
- Augustin Ribot Théodule: Still Life with Pumpkin, Plums, Cherries, Figs And ..., 1860
- Eduardo Zamacois: The Untimely Visit, 1868
- Federico de Madrazo: Portrait of Federico de Madrazo painting, 1875
- Paul Gauguin: Washerwomen in Arles, 1888
- Mary Cassatt: Woman Sitting With A Child In Her Arms, 1890
- Joaquín Sorolla: Portrait of Unamuno, 1912
- Adolfo Guiard: Little Village Girl With Red Carnation, 1903
- James Ensor
- Darío de Regoyos: Bathing in Rentería, 1900
- Joaquim Sunyer: Desnudo en el campo, 1925
- Arteta
- Gutiérrez Solana
- Vázquez Díaz
- Lipchitz
- Robert Delaunay: Femme Nue Lisant (Nude Woman Reading ), 1920
- González
- Pablo Gargallo: El Profeta, Sculpture, 1933
- Francis Bacon
- Palazuelo
- Jorge Oteiza: Sculptures, grave - steles
- Eduardo Chillida: Sculpture ( front of the museum )
- Anthony Caro: Sculpture
- Manolo Millares
- Antoni Tàpies
- Antonio Saura
- Markus Liipertz
- Kitaj
- Peter Blake
- Eduardo Arroyo
- Miquel Barceló
- Ignacio Zuloaga: Portrait of the Countess Mathieu de Noailles - ca 1913
- Julio Romero de Torres: Venus of Poetry, 1913