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Francisco Calvo Serraller (19 April 1948 – 16 November 2018[1]) was a Spanish art historian.

Life

He was born in 1948 in Madrid.[2][3]

Career

Calvo Serraller completed his Doctorate in Philosophy and Literature specializing in History at the Complutense University. He was a member of the Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando from 2001 until his death. He was Director of the Prado Museum. He was a regular contributor to the newspaper El País, since its founding in 1976.[2][3]

Bibliography

Some of his books are:[2][3]

• Spain, Half a Century of Avant-Garde Art (1985).
• The Art seen by Artists (1987).
• Vanguard and Tradition in Contemporary Spanish Art (1989).
• The Novel of the Artist (1991).
• Encyclopedia of 20th Century Spanish Art (1992).
• Grandes Maestros de la Pintura|The Greatest Masters of Art and its Paintings (1993) (Illustrated by Willi Glasauer).
• Brief History of the Prado Museum (1994).
• The Romantic Image of Spain: Art and Architecture of the 19th Century (1995).
• El Greco (1995).
• Las Meninas de Velázquez (1996).
• Columnary: Reflections by an Art Critic (1998).
• Freedom of Exhibition: A Different Art History (2000).
• Contemporary Art (2001).
• The Genres of Painting (2005).

References

External links

• Official website

На других языках

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- [en] Francisco Calvo Serraller

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[es] Francisco Calvo Serraller

Francisco Calvo Serraller (Madrid, 19 de abril de 1948-Ibidem, 16 de noviembre de 2018)[1] fue un historiador, ensayista, crítico de arte y catedrático universitario español. Entre los años 1993 y 1994 fue director del Museo del Prado, y académico de la Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando desde 2001.

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[fr] Francisco Calvo Serraller

Francisco Calvo Serraller, né à Madrid le 19 avril 1948 et mort le 16 novembre 2018 dans la même ville, est un historien, essayiste, critique d'art, journaliste[2] et universitaire espagnol.

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