Luz de España

Major exhibition of seventy -seven masterpieces of Spanish painters who reflect the trajectory of Spanish realism from the dawn of the 19th century, with works of Francisco de Goya and Lucientes, to the first decades of the 20th century, dominated by the great painter Joaquín Sorolla. These paintings are accomapnied by five giants of Spain's "Golden Century" (1598ı1621): El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, José de Ribera, Bartolomé Murillo, and Diego Velazquez, whose paintings offer a visual route of Spanish culture and its geographic surroundings. The Mexican exhibition contains 7 paintings that were not included in the New York show in 2005. The catalogue was also printed in English under the title: "From Goya to Sorolla: Queen Sofia Spanish Institute salutes the Hispanic Society of America on its 100th anniversary"