Value of art and history of animals.

Federico Ribas Montenegro was born in 1892 in Bouzas, Vigo, in the world of advertising his firm marked an era in Spain. Its graphic activity stands out especially in commercial advertising, becoming one of the most representative publicists in the country in the days before the Civil War. For four

The equestrian contests, the aviation exhibitions or the sailing regattas that were held in the festive seasons, together with the cycling races and soccer, constituted, from the first years of the century, the most important competitions. Normally, the announcement of the different sporting events

MY FAMILY, 1944 (FOUNDATION). Julia Minguillón's favorite model is her sister Carmen, who appears in the three paintings she makes almost simultaneously: Portrait of Carmen, María de Magdala , for which a friend of Francisco Leal Insua, her husband, Carlos Pardo Menéndez, lends the skull; and the V

Every night of January 5 my children, Sabela and Teo, eagerly await the arrival of the three wise men and if that year they will bring them what they have asked for in their letters, and I say letters because they have been sending letters since the end of the previous Christmas , in case they forg

George James Zobel. (Taken from a painting by George Augustus Holmes), Can't You Speak?, s. XIX. Etching on paper. National Museum of San Carlos, INBAL. An exhibition entitled: The history that unites us. Companion animals in art , which can be seen at the National Museum of San Carlos, shows the d

JULIA MINGULLON: One of the very few Galician artists who achieved true national resonance, since she is also one of the very few Spanish women who won the first medal in the National Fine Arts, an award to which all plastics aspired throughout the century that these contests lasted. . She was the

MARIA VICTORIA OF THE SOURCE. His success was reflected in the different awards he received during his professional career, including the Castelao gold medal, the first Critics Award from the Ateneo de Madrid, as well as numerous medals received for his exhibitions. A member of the Real Academia Nu

POINTILLISM OR NEO-IMPRESSIONISM It's called pointillism (or neo-impressionism) and it was invented by Seurat in the 19th century. It consisted of applying the color on the canvas through tiny brushstrokes of pure colors, which the spectator is in charge of mixing on his retina. If, for example, we

Every work of art has its message, which is nothing other than what its creator tries to convey with it to everyone who admires it. But sometimes this intention goes so far that every little element of a composition has a hidden meaning. A good example is the work The Arnolfini Marriage , by the Fl

THE CATS OF JOAN MIRÓ I FERRÁ: Joan Miró i Ferrá is considered one of the greatest exponents of surrealism. His legacy is vast and includes paintings, lithographs, ceramics, murals, and sculptures. Among his numerous works, eleven with cats; very few if we take into account its great production. Po

It is possibly the most emotional story that is remembered with a dog as the protagonist. Hachiko, as he did every morning, waited for his owner no less than ten years when he had already passed away. The Akita, who ended his days at the station that he did not leave for all that time, took the mea

Another German Shepherd that sneaks into our list of the most famous dogs in history. His celebrity in the world of television is mainly due to his participation in more than 20 films, his television series The Adventures of Rin Tin Tin being the most successful work, and for which he reached level