Floor 2

Room 209


Noucentisme and the New Art in Spain


During the first decades of the 20th Century, two trends prompt the arrival of a new artistic scenario. From 1911 onwards, especially in the context of Catalan art, we witness the Noucentista proposal. During the Great War, the echoes of the first European avant-garde reverberate throughout the Iberian Peninsula. Miró's synthesis is one of the first landmarks of this visual renewal. In the context of Madrid, the dialectic between noucentisme and avant-garde is represented by the intellectuals and writers from the Generation of '14, together with the influential capacity of Rafael Barradas (1890-1929), whereas Daniel Vázquez Díaz (1882-1969) acts as a bridge between the scenes of Bilbao and Madrid. These dynamics, generated by the confluence of noucentisme, avant-garde and the call to order, go beyond the generational framework. The young Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) transports these dynamics to Madrid, where other young artists such as Francisco Bores (1898-1972), Benjamín Palencia (1894-1980) or Alberto Sánchez (1895-1989) pose an encounter with the new esthetic keys.


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Joan Miró. Siurana, el camino, 1917

 

Daniel Vázquez Díaz. Alegría del campo vasco, 1920

 

Salvador Dalí. Autorretrato cubista, 1923

Joan Miró. Siurana, el camino, 1917

 

Daniel Vázquez Díaz. Alegría del campo vasco, 1920

 

Salvador Dalí. Autorretrato cubista, 1923

 

 

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