Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando

Coordinates: 40°25′05″N 3°42′01″W / 40.41806°N 3.70028°W / 40.41806; -3.70028
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Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
TypePublic
Established1744
Location
Madrid
,
Spain
Websitehttp://www.realacademiabellasartessanfernando.com/
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Native name
Spanish: Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
LocationMadrid, Spain
Official nameReal Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
TypeNon-movable
CriteriaMonument
Designated1971[1]
Reference no.RI-51-0003855
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando is located in Spain
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Location of Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in Spain

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. ^ Template:Bien de Interés Cultural
  2. ^ Template:Es La institución Official website. Retrieved 26 May 2013.
  3. ^ Gomadrid.com
  4. ^ Karaart.com

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