Francisco Calvo Serraller
Illustration — Francisco Serraller Francisco Calvo Serraller (19 April 1948 – 16 November 2018) was a Spanish art historian.
Francisco Calvo Serraller
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- Born
- 1948 · Madrid.
- Died
- 2018 · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain
- Occupation
- art historian · essayist · art critic · university teacher · writer
- Education
- Complutense University of Madrid
- Honours
- honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca · Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise
- Languages
- Spanish
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Illustration — Francisco Serraller Francisco Calvo Serraller (19 April 1948 – 16 November 2018) was a Spanish art historian.
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Francisco Calvo Serraller studied at Complutense University of Madrid. The recorded working language is Spanish. Employment is recorded with Complutense University of Madrid and Public University of Navarre. Positions recorded include list of directors of Museo del Prado. Distinctions recorded are honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
He was born in 1948 in Madrid.
Career
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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.
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Francisco Calvo Serraller is recorded with the occupation university teacher. Recorded as having received honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
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1948
Francisco Calvo Serraller was born on 19 April 1948.
2018
Francisco Calvo Serraller died on 16 November 2018.
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- 1.Muere Francisco Calvo Serraller, exdirector del Prado y referente en el mundo del arte. 2018-11-16.
- 2.Francisco Calvo Serraller. circulobellasartes.com.
- 3.Calvo Serraller, Francisco - Museo Nacional del Prado. museodelprado.es.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 14
- 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).
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He was employed by Complutense University of Madrid and Public University of Navarre. Recorded position is list of directors of Museo del Prado. He belonged to Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando. Serraller received honorary doctorate of the University of Salamanca and Grand Cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso X the Wise.
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