Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía

The Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, short MNCARS, is an art museum, art gallery and library, located in Madrid. The Spanish National Museum Queen Sofia Center for the Arts was inaugurated on 10 September 1992 by the eponymous Queen Sofia of Spain, together with King Juan Carlos I..

With its recent collection of Spanish art, it replaced the former Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Español (short MEAC) and complements the famous collection of the Prado. In addition to the art exhibition there is a library with about 40,000 volumes, mainly to 20th century art. Before the opening of the National Museum, it has been since 1986 as an exhibition space for contemporary art, especially sculpture, as Centro de Arte Reina Sofía used.

The Collection

By Royal Decree of 27 May 1988, which the Centro de Arte Reina Sofía brought to the National Museum, was also determined that the collection mainly from works of the 20th century should be. As a national museum should also preferably be collected and shown the art of Spanish, or affiliated with Spain artist.

On two floors, the museum houses, among many other famous works of Spanish avant-garde artists such as

As well as the famous contemporary artists such as

  • Antoni Tàpies
  • Eduardo Chillida
  • Gerardo Rueda

The best-known paintings exhibited there is probably Picasso's Guernica. Of particular interest are issued to the picture sketches, studies and designs that make the emergence of the painting comprehensible.

Architecture

Is housed the collection in a building from the 18th century, the former General Hospital, where there was a hospital until 1965. At the restoration and reconstruction of the Art Center and Museum several architects were involved; of the expansion comes from the French architect Jean Nouvel.

Museo del Prado Guernica (painting)
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