From the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya: “An unusual and emblematic painting from Catalan Modernisme depicting Ramon Casas himself and Pere Romeu, the barman at the famous beer-hall Els Quatre Gats, pedalling on a tandem with the Barcelona skyline in the distance. The canvas decorated the beer-hall, which became a meeting-place for the artists and intellectuals who had started the movement, as well as for members of the younger generation, such as Picasso, Mir and Nonell.
This painting flagged as porn by tumblr was originally posted by @timbertent
this piece shows the fisherman of grao, the port of valencia, mending a large sail with their wives. it fits into a common theme of sorolla’s, which was depicting the spanish working class.
Francisco de Zurbarán (Fuente de Cantos, Badajoz 1598 - 1664 Madrid), The Immaculate Conception, oil on canvas, 174 x 138 cm. Museo Diocesano de Arte Antiguo, Sigüenza
TheSagrada Mortaja was founded at the end of the 16th century in the church of Santa Marina. The image of Christ (Nuestro Padre Jesús Descendido de la Cruz) is a baroque masterpiece of Cristóbal Pérez (1667). The Virgin (Nuestra Señora de la Piedad) and the rest of the group are from the circle of Pedro Roldán (17th century).
The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint James the Greater
Private collection (via Setdart)
Saint James was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus according to the New Testament, and is the patron saint of Spain. According to ancient local tradition, on 2 January AD 40, the Virgin Mary appeared to James on the bank of the Ebro River at Caesaraugusta, while he was preaching the Gospel in Hispania. She appeared upon a pillar, Nuestra Señora del Pilar, and that pillar is conserved and venerated within the present Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar, in Zaragoza, Spain.
