50 Gravuras de Goya
1979
50 Gravuras de Goya
Exposição dedicada à obra gravada do pintor espanhol Francisco Goya (1746-1828), promovida pela Biblioteca Nacional de España (BNE) e pela Embaixada de Espanha em Portugal, em colaboração com a Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian. Comissariada por Luis González Robles, reuniu 50 gravuras do autor pertencentes à BNE.
Exhibition dedicated to etchings by Spanish painter Francisco Goya (1746-1828) featuring a display of 50 of the great artist's prints and curated by Luis González Robles (1916-2003). The show was organised by Spain's Biblioteca Nacional (with works on display on loan from the library's collection), together with the Spanish Embassy in Portugal and the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Exposição dedicada à obra gravada do pintor espanhol Francisco Goya (1746-1828), promovida pela Biblioteca Nacional de España e pela Embaixada de Espanha em Portugal, em colaboração com a Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian.
Comissariada por Luis González Robles, reuniu 50 gravuras de Goya pertencentes à secção de estampas da Biblioteca Nacional de España, reunidas a partir de várias séries de referência do artista, tais como Los Caprichos, Los Desastres de la Guerra ou Los Disparates, entre outras séries menos conhecidas do público português, como as Copias de Diego Velázquez, La Tauromaquia ou Los Toros de Burdeos. Tal como é referido no catálogo da exposição, a obra gravada de Goya é abundante, conhecendo-se cerca de 300 obras gráficas originais.
As gravuras exibidas correspondiam, maioritariamente, a primeiras edições das suas distintivas águas-fortes, incluindo também águas-tintas e litografias, e algumas provas de estado muito raras de La Tauromaquia e de outras gravuras rotuladas ortograficamente pelo artista espanhol, da série Los Toros de Burdeos.
A mostra procurou promover junto do público português a obra de Goya, que se oferece como «síntese de uma época de transição» na história da arte internacional (Diário de Notícias, 8 mar. 1979). Evidenciando a qualidade e originalidade da obra gravada de um dos artistas maiores de Espanha, e um dos maiores gravadores da história da arte ocidental, destacou a sua visão crítica do mundo, a sua sátira e imaginação, como é salientado no catálogo: «A obra de Goya é pois bastante numerosa. Apesar disso é genial pela sua expressão e novidade. Os seus juízos sobre os homens e o mundo eram avançados para a época; juízos tácitos ou postos como título ou comentário a desenhos e gravuras.» (50 Gravuras de Goya, 1979)
Por ocasião da inauguração da exposição, foi realizada, como atividade complementar, uma conferência, acompanhada pela projeção de slides, proferida pelo professor Xavier de Salas, membro da Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando e antigo diretor do Museo del Prado.
A exposição foi amplamente divulgada na imprensa nacional, o que em certa medida atesta o acolhimento que teve junto da crítica e do público.
Filipa Coimbra, 2017
Exhibition dedicated to the prints of Spanish painter Francisco Goya (1746-1828) organised by the Biblioteca Nacional de España and the Spanish Embassy in Portugal in cooperation with the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation.
Curated by Luís González Robles (1916-2003), the event brought together 50 of Goya's prints belonging to the print section of the Biblioteca Nacional de España. They came from several seminal series by the artist, including the Caprichos, the Disasters of War and the Disparates, along with other series that were not as well known in Portugal, such as the Copies after Diego Velázquez, Tauromaquía and the Bulls of Bordeaux. As mentioned in the exhibition catalogue, Goya's etched work is quite extensive, and we know of around 300 original graphic pieces.
The prints exhibited were mostly first editions of his distinctive etchings, but also aquatints and lithographs, and some very rare artist's proofs of Tauromaquía and other prints orthographically labelled by the Spanish artist from the Bulls of Bordeaux series.
The exhibition intended to promote Goya's work to the Portuguese public as a summary of a time of transition in international art history (Diário de Notícias, 8 Mar. 1979) by showing the quality and originality of the prints by one of the greatest Spanish artists and one of the greatest printmakers in the history of Western art and highlighting his critical view of the world, his satire and imagination:
Goya's work is quite extensive. Despite this, it is brilliant in its expression and its innovation. His judgements of men and the world were advanced for his time; judgements that are silent or made as titles or comments on drawings and prints. (...) (50 Gravuras de Goya, 1979).
A conference was held alongside the opening of the exhibition, accompanied by a slideshow, given by professor Xavier de Salas (1907-1982), member of the Real Academía de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and former director of the Museo del Prado.
The exhibition was widely publicised in the Portuguese press, which certainly attests the welcome the exhibition received from critics and the public.
Curated by Luís González Robles (1916-2003), the event brought together 50 of Goya's prints belonging to the print section of the Biblioteca Nacional de España. They came from several seminal series by the artist, including the Caprichos, the Disasters of War and the Disparates, along with other series that were not as well known in Portugal, such as the Copies after Diego Velázquez, Tauromaquía and the Bulls of Bordeaux. As mentioned in the exhibition catalogue, Goya's etched work is quite extensive, and we know of around 300 original graphic pieces.
The prints exhibited were mostly first editions of his distinctive etchings, but also aquatints and lithographs, and some very rare artist's proofs of Tauromaquía and other prints orthographically labelled by the Spanish artist from the Bulls of Bordeaux series.
The exhibition intended to promote Goya's work to the Portuguese public as a summary of a time of transition in international art history (Diário de Notícias, 8 Mar. 1979) by showing the quality and originality of the prints by one of the greatest Spanish artists and one of the greatest printmakers in the history of Western art and highlighting his critical view of the world, his satire and imagination:
Goya's work is quite extensive. Despite this, it is brilliant in its expression and its innovation. His judgements of men and the world were advanced for his time; judgements that are silent or made as titles or comments on drawings and prints. (...) (50 Gravuras de Goya, 1979).
A conference was held alongside the opening of the exhibition, accompanied by a slideshow, given by professor Xavier de Salas (1907-1982), member of the Real Academía de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and former director of the Museo del Prado.
The exhibition was widely publicised in the Portuguese press, which certainly attests the welcome the exhibition received from critics and the public.
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