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Eduardo Chillida
Museo Chillida in San Sebastián, Obra Social de La Caixa
Eduardo Chillida was born in San Sebastián in 1924. His first exhibition was in Paris in 1950, and from then on he received practically every award in existence: Venice's Bienal, the Kandinsky, the Wilhem Lehmbruck, the Príncipe de Asturias and Japan's Imperial Prize. His works can be seen in more than 20 museums throughout the world and retrospectives have been held in Houston Berlin, Madrid, Caracas, London and Palermo. His sculptures can be found all over the world, and architects, mathematicians and philosophers such as Martin Heidegger and Emile Cioran have written about his work, as have poets such as Octavio Paz.
Salvador Dalí Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was a Spanish artist who became one of the most important painters of the 20th century. He is best known for his surrealist work identified by its striking, bizarre, dreamlike images, combined with his excellent draftsmanship and painting skills influenced by the Renaissance masters. An artist of great talent and imagination, he had a love of doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric theatrical manner sometimes overshadowed his artwork in public attention.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. Also one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism. Extremely prolific throughout his long lifetime, he produced around 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures.
Juan Gris
José Victoriano González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 – May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre - cubism.
Joan Miró i Ferrá
Joan Miró i Ferrá (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His work has been interpreted as Surrealism, Juan Garcia Ripollés
Juan Garcia Ripollés (also known as Ripo or Blessed Ripo) (Castellon de la Plana, September 4 of 1932), Spanish painter and sculptor.wikipedia
Antonio Banderas Internationally known for his charisma and smoldering good looks, Antonio Banderas is the ultimate manifestation of the Latin heartthrob. Born in Málaga, Spain on August 10, 1960, Banderas wanted to become a professional soccer player until a broken foot sidelined his dreams at the age of fourteen. He went on to enroll in some drama classes, eventually joining a theatre troupe that toured all over Spain. His work in the theatre, and his performances on the streets, eventually landed him a spot with the National Theatre of Spain.Read More Penelope CruzPenelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid, Spain, on April, 28, 1974. Raised along with brother Eduardo and sister Monica, Penelope was always fond of the arts, particularly ballet and jazz. Her passion for dance led to her decision to abandon traditional schooling, focusing her time and energy instead on the graceful art of balletRead More or better here Velázquez’Diego Velázquez
Birth name Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Born June 6, 1599(1599-06-06)
Seville, Spain
Died August 6, 1660 (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Field Painting
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).
From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez's artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, in particular Édouard Manet. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain's Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, as well as the Anglo-Irish painter Francis Bacon, have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous workshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/velazquez_diego.html
http://www.all-art.org/history252-24.html
In June 1965, after finishing his contract with Hebrew National Opera, Domingo went for an audition at the New York City Opera and scheduled to make his New York debut as Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen but his debut came earlier when he was offered to fill in for an ailing tenor at the last minute in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In June 17, 1965, Domingo made his New York debut as B.F Pinkerton at the New York City Opera. In February 1966, he sang the title role in the US premiere of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera, with much acclaim. The performance also marked as the opening of the City Opera's new home at Lincoln Center.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingohttp://www.placidodomingo.com/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004881/ Enrique IglesiasEnrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a singer/songwriter of Asian and European ancestry.
Iglesias's career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States, selling more Spanish albums than any other artists in that period of time. Before the turn of the millennium he made a crossover into the mainstream English market and signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented $48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.
Iglesias holds the record for producing seventeen number 1 Spanish language hits singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. His album sales currently total over forty million, making him one of the biggest-selling Spanish musical artists in the world.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Iglesiashttp://www.enriqueiglesias.com/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005040/
Enrique Pérez Penedo Penedo Enrique Perez, better known as Enrique, cartoonist of humour, articles with drawings, director of the Cabinet of Image and Graphic Communication at the University of Alicante.
At present Enrique Perez is vice president of the Federation of European Cartoonists Organisations (FEC-Spain) and coordinator of the Social Humour samples that have been held in several Spanish universities and each year opens in the Chamber Aifos from the University of Alicante. Many of these exhibitions have become true allegations against social problems such as dealing with abuse, against the Iraq war or the problems of graduates to find a decent job Musicians in Spain Singer's in Spain Group's in Spain Culture
Museo Chillida in San Sebastián, Obra Social de La Caixa
Eduardo Chillida was born in San Sebastián in 1924. His first exhibition was in Paris in 1950, and from then on he received practically every award in existence: Venice's Bienal, the Kandinsky, the Wilhem Lehmbruck, the Príncipe de Asturias and Japan's Imperial Prize. His works can be seen in more than 20 museums throughout the world and retrospectives have been held in Houston Berlin, Madrid, Caracas, London and Palermo. His sculptures can be found all over the world, and architects, mathematicians and philosophers such as Martin Heidegger and Emile Cioran have written about his work, as have poets such as Octavio Paz.
Salvador Dalí Salvador Felipe Jacinto Dalí Domènech, (May 11, 1904 – January 23, 1989) was a Spanish artist who became one of the most important painters of the 20th century. He is best known for his surrealist work identified by its striking, bizarre, dreamlike images, combined with his excellent draftsmanship and painting skills influenced by the Renaissance masters. An artist of great talent and imagination, he had a love of doing unusual things to draw attention to himself. This sometimes irked those who loved his art as much as it annoyed his critics, since his eccentric theatrical manner sometimes overshadowed his artwork in public attention.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz y Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. Also one of the most recognized figures in 20th century art, he is best known as the co-founder, along with Georges Braque, of cubism. Extremely prolific throughout his long lifetime, he produced around 13,500 paintings, 100,000 prints and engravings, 34,000 book illustrations and 300 sculptures.
Juan Gris
José Victoriano González-Pérez (March 23, 1887 – May 11, 1927), better known as Juan Gris, was a Spanish painter and sculptor who lived and worked in France most of his life. His works are closely connected to the emergence of an innovative artistic genre - cubism.
Joan Miró i Ferrá
Joan Miró i Ferrá (April 20, 1893 – December 25, 1983) was a Catalan painter, sculptor and ceramist born in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. His work has been interpreted as Surrealism, Juan Garcia Ripollés
Juan Garcia Ripollés (also known as Ripo or Blessed Ripo) (Castellon de la Plana, September 4 of 1932), Spanish painter and sculptor.wikipedia
Antonio Banderas Internationally known for his charisma and smoldering good looks, Antonio Banderas is the ultimate manifestation of the Latin heartthrob. Born in Málaga, Spain on August 10, 1960, Banderas wanted to become a professional soccer player until a broken foot sidelined his dreams at the age of fourteen. He went on to enroll in some drama classes, eventually joining a theatre troupe that toured all over Spain. His work in the theatre, and his performances on the streets, eventually landed him a spot with the National Theatre of Spain.Read More Penelope CruzPenelope Cruz Sanchez was born in Madrid, Spain, on April, 28, 1974. Raised along with brother Eduardo and sister Monica, Penelope was always fond of the arts, particularly ballet and jazz. Her passion for dance led to her decision to abandon traditional schooling, focusing her time and energy instead on the graceful art of balletRead More or better here Velázquez’Diego Velázquez
Birth name Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez
Born June 6, 1599(1599-06-06)
Seville, Spain
Died August 6, 1660 (aged 61)
Madrid, Spain
Nationality Spanish
Field Painting
Diego Rodríguez de Silva y Velázquez (June 6, 1599 – August 6, 1660), commonly referred to as Diego Velázquez, was a Spanish painter who was the leading artist in the court of King Philip IV. He was an individualistic artist of the contemporary baroque period, important as a portrait artist. In addition to numerous renditions of scenes of historical and cultural significance, he painted scores of portraits of the Spanish royal family, other notable European figures, and commoners, culminating in the production of his masterpiece Las Meninas (1656).
From the first quarter of the nineteenth century, Velázquez's artwork was a model for the realist and impressionist painters, in particular Édouard Manet. Since that time, more modern artists, including Spain's Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí, as well as the Anglo-Irish painter Francis Bacon, have paid tribute to Velázquez by recreating several of his most famous workshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diego_Vel%C3%A1zquez
http://www.artcyclopedia.com/artists/velazquez_diego.html
http://www.all-art.org/history252-24.html
Miguel Bosé
In 1971, Bosé started a career as an actor, participating in various movies. However, he didn't make that many films, and in 1975 he decided a career change was due and started exploring his talents as a singer. By the hand of Camilo Blanes he recorded his first singles. Some years later Bosé signed a contract with CBS Records in 1977 and he remained with them until 1984.
In 1983, 1984 and 1985, he participated in the Llena Tu Cabeza De Rock television specials on Puerto Rico's WAPA-TV. But it was in '85 that he became an international superstar, when his song Amante Bandido rose to the top of the charts all over Latin America and in Spain. The video to that song also became one of the most widely seen Spanish music videos, with Bose playing both a Superman style superhero and an Indiana Jones type of adventurer in it.
In June 1965, after finishing his contract with Hebrew National Opera, Domingo went for an audition at the New York City Opera and scheduled to make his New York debut as Don Jose in Bizet's Carmen but his debut came earlier when he was offered to fill in for an ailing tenor at the last minute in Puccini's Madama Butterfly. In June 17, 1965, Domingo made his New York debut as B.F Pinkerton at the New York City Opera. In February 1966, he sang the title role in the US premiere of Ginastera's Don Rodrigo at the New York City Opera, with much acclaim. The performance also marked as the opening of the City Opera's new home at Lincoln Center.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pl%C3%A1cido_Domingohttp://www.placidodomingo.com/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0004881/ Enrique IglesiasEnrique Miguel Iglesias Preysler (born on May 8, 1975, in Madrid, Spain) is a singer/songwriter of Asian and European ancestry.
Iglesias's career started on Indie label Fonovisa who helped turn him into one of the most popular artists in Latin America and in the Latin market in the United States, selling more Spanish albums than any other artists in that period of time. Before the turn of the millennium he made a crossover into the mainstream English market and signed a unique multi-album deal with Universal Music for an unprecedented $48,000,000, with Universal Music Latino to release his Spanish albums and Interscope to release English albums.
Iglesias holds the record for producing seventeen number 1 Spanish language hits singles on the Billboard's Hot Latin Tracks. His album sales currently total over forty million, making him one of the biggest-selling Spanish musical artists in the world.http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrique_Iglesiashttp://www.enriqueiglesias.com/http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0005040/
Enrique Pérez Penedo Penedo Enrique Perez, better known as Enrique, cartoonist of humour, articles with drawings, director of the Cabinet of Image and Graphic Communication at the University of Alicante.
At present Enrique Perez is vice president of the Federation of European Cartoonists Organisations (FEC-Spain) and coordinator of the Social Humour samples that have been held in several Spanish universities and each year opens in the Chamber Aifos from the University of Alicante. Many of these exhibitions have become true allegations against social problems such as dealing with abuse, against the Iraq war or the problems of graduates to find a decent job Musicians in Spain Singer's in Spain Group's in Spain Culture
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