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About 119 paintings by Velasquez from the time of the so-called Golden Age of European art can be seen since Wednesday (03/25/2015) Grand Palais in Paris. From the hand of the Master come 57 oil paintings. The other half comes from his studio or by painters of his time. Velázquez’s teacher Francisco Pachero is also provided with an image represented as his Flemish contemporary, the painter Peter Paul Rubens.

The retrospective shows the painting of the established court painter Velázquez from its beginnings in Seville to late work shortly before his end of life. His colleague Eduard Manet French artist called Velázquez as “the painter of all painters”, the subsequent generations of artists has always been a role model and artisanal scale.

One of the most famous paintings of Velázquez: the “Rokeby Venus” has its own room

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About his art by the famous Spanish painter Diego Velázquez (1599 – 1660), who was considered a gifted child prodigy who never written anything. For him, had only the craft of his highly realistic portraiture. The interpretation he gave others. His artistic repertoire ranged from landscapes to portraits of the Spanish royal court to lush history painting.

As one of his masterpieces applies the portrait of Pope Innocent X, painted in 1650. According to the curator of the exhibition in Paris, Guillaume Kientz, was loaned to the image over the centuries until three times for an exhibition. The world famous work falls into the great papal portraits by Raphael, Titian and El Greco.

color spaces for all subject groups: the Grand Palace is known for creative curator of Art

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The Paris show at the Grand Palais (25 March to 13 July 2015) grouped the paintings in color-coordinated theme rooms: in the green salon jesters and inquisitors are seen. In the gray room, the purple of the Papstrobe of Innocent X. outshines the decent primer of the room. There is also a black primed area in which the masterful light setting the painting by Velázquez takes double advantage. We conclude with a self-portrait of the court painter.

Spectacular exhibition rooms at the Grand Palais: here with works by Ilya and Emilia Kabakov (2014)

The Grand Palais was built for the Paris World Exhibition of 1900 and, with its high, light-filled halls a unique stage for art. For the blockbuster Velázquez, the museum expects an influx of visitors from around the world.

The exhibition had on Wednesday (03/25/2015) without the Spanish royal couple, Felipe VI. and his wife Letizia, will be opened. The monarch had stopped prematurely his state visit to President Francois Hollande after the tragic plane crash in southern France and returned to Madrid.

hm / sd (AP / arte.tv.de)