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exposure Murillo. IV Centenary – Museum of Fine Arts, Sevilla

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By Sevilla AndaluNet on 17/01/2019

From 29 November 2018 to the 17 March 2019

PLACE: Museum of Fine Arts, Sevilla, Temporary exhibition hall and room V

Schedule: Tuesday to Saturday 09:00 a 21:00; Sundays and holidays 09:00 a 15:00. Open all holidays even local.

Closed 1 and 6 January, 1 May 24, 25 and 31 December. Closed on Mondays, except Monday before holidays (open with festive schedule).

Entrance: Price 1,50 euros. Free: for citizens of the European Union accredited and members of ICOM.

The Minister of Culture of the Andalusian, Miguel Angel Vazquez, and the mayor of Seville, Juan Espadas, have presented on Wednesday the exhibition "Murillo. IV Centenary ', the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to the Sevillian painter in his hometown, and can be seen at the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville (PERHAPS) between 29 November and 17 March 2019.

according to Vázquez, It is "the largest exhibition of Murillo that was to be held or has been held in Spain" and, thanks to her, we will be able to see in Seville "the highest concentration of Murillos that we never could have imagined".

"This exhibition will allow us to know the truth about the Sevillian painter, one of the masterpieces of the Spanish Baroque figures and pictorial school Seville, and we will give a comprehensive overview of Murillo, a clear vision along the entire path and show us the different thematic ", He said Vazquez.

In this regard, He has stressed that the exhibition will disassemble certain simplistic prejudices about Murillo, "What is it much more than 'the painter of the Immaculate' or a painter of religious subjects, because with his style and his proposals, He marked a milestone in the history of Spanish painting, Sevilla projecting his art from the whole of Europe ".

For his part, The mayor pointed out that not to find ourselves in the final leg of the event we think that this last stage is less important. On the contrary, the exhibition of fine arts and contemporary art will present the City Council in a few days, 'Application Murillo. Materialism, charitas and populism ', they shall be the best colophon ambitious program of activities that began just a year ago.

"We have achieved the goal first, which it was to convert the fourth centenary an opportunity to relaunch the image of Seville as a cultured city, creating lover and a host of big names in the art world. For this, We have caught the innovation that went Murillo at the time and, through research, We have stripped the master of the prejudices that have accompanied her figure to place him at the scene of the history of art that deserves. This has allowed us to attract a greater number of visitors a record year for tourism, but also achieve the implication of Seville in this celebration ", has gladdened the mayor before announcing that Murillo year round and two million visitors.

Curated by Ignacio Cano Muñoz and Valme, director of the Pinacoteca, the exhibition of Fine Arts is composed of 55 canvases, including three of the museum itself and others from countries like England, France, Germany, Mexico and the US, provided by private collections and institutions, Spanish and foreign, as the Tate Gallery in London, the Prado Museum, the Louvre in Paris and the New York MET. These pieces are added to the 17 Exposure of the Capuchins which can still be seen in the Museum Room V, so will be total 72 Murillo works gathered in the same space.

The Minister of Culture has also stressed that "many of these pieces have long been out of Sevilla and outside Spain, since they left when they were despoiled, and that's another reason for satisfaction ". Last, Vazquez thanked and congratulated all "qualified" the museum team for the "commendable and exemplary" work with this exhibition and the events of the Year Murillo.

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