Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Type Public
Established 1744
Location Madrid, Spain
Website http://www.realacademiabellasartessanfernando.com/
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Native name
Spanish: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Location Madrid, Spain
Official name: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Type Non-movable
Criteria Monument
Designated 1971[1]
Reference no. RI-51-0003855

The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the heart of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery.

The academy was established by royal decree in 1744. About twenty years later, the enlightened monarch, Charles III purchased a palace in Madrid as the academy's new home. The building had been designed by José Benito de Churriguera for the Goyeneche family. The king commissioned Diego de Villanueva to convert the building for academic use, employing a neoclassical style[2] in place of Churriguera's baroque design.

Doubling as a museum and gallery, today it houses a fine art collection of paintings from the 15th to 20th century: Arcimboldo, Giovanni Bellini, Correggio, Guido Reni, Rubens, Zurbarán, Murillo, Fragonard, Goya, Juan Gris, Pablo Serrano, among others. The academy is also the headquarters of the Madrid Academy of Art.

Francisco Goya was once one of the academy's directors, and its alumni include Felip Pedrell, Pablo Picasso, Salvador Dalí, Antonio López García, Juan Luna, Oscar de la Renta and Fernando Botero.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ Database of protected buildings (movable and non-movable) of the Ministry of Culture of Spain (Spanish).
  2. ↑ (Spanish) La institución Official website. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ↑ Gomadrid.com
  4. ↑ Karaart.com

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Coordinates: 40°25′05″N 3°42′01″W / 40.41806°N 3.70028°W / 40.41806; -3.70028

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