Murillo, his year
During the past year 2018 and the present one, 2019, we celebrated in Seville the Murillo Year, one of our greatest figures in the world of art and culture. A universal figure, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo He was a unique painter in his time and has been imitated ad nauseam even to this day.
Murillo and the Capuchins
During the past year, from Culturea Experience We offer guided tours of the great painting exhibition. Murillo and the Capuchins, led by our art expert and official tour guide, María Ferrón. This exhibition was held in the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville for several months. The Museum was key, the origin and final point of many of the works of Murillo and of great Sevillian and foreign artists.
The reunion of 24 pieces that the brilliant painter created for the Capuchin Monastery In Seville, the entire work was commissioned by the Capuchin monks and, due to the twists and turns of history, ended up separating and moving away from the city, eventually reaching the United Kingdom, Germany, and the United States.
It was a a highly anticipated and exciting moment For Seville, the people of Seville, and any lover of art. Numerous efforts were made by private and public entities to bring this great exhibition to fruition in our city, Murillo's hometown.
400 years of Murillo
It is known that Murillo must have been born at the end of 1618 or the beginning of 1619, which is why we celebrate his birth in both 2018 and 2019. fourth centenary of his birth. From a very young age he was linked to art by important masters and after a personal life marked by misfortune, he decided to dedicate himself fully to art and art teaching.
The Great Exhibition of Murillo
Seville has celebrated numerous events related to this Murillo Year, but the most important were the Murillo and the Capuchins exhibition and the one we are currently enjoying in the Andalusian capital: Murillo, IV Centenary. This is turning out to be the big event culminate of the fourth centenary of the birth of this great Sevillian artist.
Seville receives numerous visitors to commemorate the work of our great figure. Murillo welcomes us to his home, Seville, which is at the doorstep of that great museum that is the third most important art gallery in Spain, the Museum of Fine Arts. This is the first anthological exhibition of his art that will remain open from November 29, 2018 to March 17, 2019.
Curated by Ignacio Cano and Valme Muñoz, the museum's director, the exhibition comprises 55 canvases, including three from the museum's own collection and others from various sources: Germany, France, England, the United States, and Mexico. These works are on loan from private collections and Spanish and international institutions, such as the Prado Museum in Madrid, the Tate Gallery in London, the Louvre Museum in Paris, and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. In addition, 17 pieces from the previous exhibition are still on display. Murillo and the Capuchins, which brings the total to 72 pieces by Murillo in the same space: a true artistic gem.
The Baroque and Murillo
It's proving to be a great cultural event, helping all visitors to gain a better understanding of leading Sevillian Baroque artist. Although Murillo was born when the Baroque was taking shape in Spain, he can be considered a unique artist, with his singular style, his sweetness and his great humanity that makes him detach himself from the grand theatrical compositions so typical of the Baroque and other elements to be himself: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo.
Guided tour of El Barroco and Murillo
It is true that many people come to the Museum of Fine Arts with the intention of making a guided tour Because of the Murillo exhibition, IV Centenary, and since it began, it has been difficult to adapt the groups due to the large number of visitors who request it from cultural entities and companies.
From Culturea Experience We propose to art lovers the opportunity to explore the Baroque period, the Seville Baroque School, and the figure of Murillo as an introduction to the Murillo, IV Centenary exhibition. Our colleague, official guide, A graduate in Fine Arts and a professional artist, will accompany them on a visit to the permanent collection from the Museum of Fine Arts to better understand the situation that was experienced in the world in that 17th century, how the Baroque was forged by the Catholic Church and reached each of the hearts with the work of Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, then and to this day.
The rooms of Baroque and contemporary to Murillo They will open a path to the past, to those moments of economic and demographic crisis in which Europe found itself; a time when brilliant minds found a way to make the most of what little they had. Artists had to find ways to make a living from painting, to reach people, people who were hopeless, lacking in dreams… It was in this way that great international artists emerged, demonstrating their best qualities and how, in difficult times, peace and harmony can be achieved through art.
Our guided tours
Our visit will thrill them, understanding art And the canvas that unfolds before our eyes. Works from the past that resonate deeply with the present we live in; we simply need to open our minds and find the parallels with our daily lives and how people lived four hundred years ago. The past is more present than we imagine…
After enjoying the guided tour of the Baroque rooms in the Museum's permanent collection; after delving into the figure by Murillo,...who he was, who he wanted to be, his message to that world of several centuries ago, a message that still reaches our lives to remind us what is important in life... after all that, once the guided tour, We will invite you to visit the exhibition Murillo, IV Centenary freely, now with a more concise and clear idea of what will be presented to them in that great exhibition.
Our Guided tours are private, For groups of no more than 30 people, or for individuals who want to experience the work of Murillo. more information about guided tours to Murillo's Baroque Click the following link or contact us at cultureasevilla@gmail.com / Tel. +34665160854:
World Heritage Site
It's impossible not to be moved on our guided tour of the Baroque period. We mustn't forget that everything that was forms part of our past and our DNA, of our way of being and behaving. Therefore, we must be participants in the culture, to celebrate and enjoy it so that it continues to live and thrive.
We also advise and invite you to participate in our Private tours of the Museum of Fine Arts, its complete collection. A visit of approximately two hours in duration, guided by an expert, a graduate in Fine Arts, an official tourist guide who will make the visit educational, enjoyable and above all, enriching.
More information at the following link or by contacting us at cultureasevilla@gmail.com / Tel. +34665160854: