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With the death of Charles II (1700), Hapsburg
rule of Spain came to end. Where Spain had
achieved a position of dominance under the
Hapsburg, the following centuries witnessed
a political decline.
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Artists and authors, however, continued to
create works of outstanding quality as shown
by the Hispanic Society's collection. |
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In the eighteenth century,
factories were founded at
Alcora (1727), La Granja
(1728), and Buen Retiro
(1759), dedicated to the
production of ceramics,
glass and porcelain
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Desk set
La Granja de San Ildefonso,
ca 1755-70
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Plaques
Alcora, ca. 1727-49
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The Hispanic Society possesses
an impressive collection of Alcora
which includes these two rare
examples depicting scenes from
Cervantes's novel Don Quixote. |
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Throughout the eighteenth century, the
Bourbon kings proved exemplary monarchs
who concerned themselves with the nation's
administration and economic development.
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Their efforts to promote trade and industry
in Spain had a direct impact on the arts,
particularly the decorative arts and printmaking. |
It is in this context of a renewed
Spain that Francisco de Goya y
Lucientes appears. Fully rained
in the artistic traditions of
eighteenth-century Europe, he
nonetheless adapted them to
create some of the most
adventurous and profound
images ever. |
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Bull
Attached by Dogs, ca. 1824
Francisco de Goya y Lucientes
(1746-1828)
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During the 1920s, Hispanic Society curators
traveled throughout Spain and Latin America |
photographing urban and rural scenes, thereby
preserving a way of life now irrevocably lost. |
The
Galician Milkmaid, 1925
Ruth Matilda Anderson
(1893-1983)
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Ruth Matilda Anderson made
many trips to Spain in the 1920s
during which she took more than
14,000 photographs of all aspects
of life in Spain. |
The most notable early twentieth-century
paintings in the Hispanic Society are those
by Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida and Ignacio
Zuloaga y Zabaleta.
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The Hispanic Society owes its outstanding
collection of these two artists to the vision
of its founder Archer Huntington. |
Hung prominently in the
Hispanic Society exhibition
of 1909, this work was
rapidly recognized as one
of the artist's masterpieces.
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Beaching the Boat,
Late Afternoon Sun, 1903
Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
(1863-1923) |
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