Art Museum of San Diego (San Diego, USA) – expositions, opening hours, address, phone numbers, official website.
Located on Boulevard El Prado in Balboa Park, this museum has a large collection of extremely valuable pieces of Spanish art. The museum was opened in 1926 as an art gallery, which is why the administration of Balboa Park claims that this museum is the oldest and largest art museum in the region. About half a million people visit it annually.
The building of the museum was designed by architects W. Johnson and R. Snyder and was made in an interesting plateresque style so as not to disturb the harmony with the rest of the buildings at the Panama-California exhibition in 1915. The dominant feature of the building is a beautiful richly decorated facade with a powerful ornamented door. the creation of which the designers were inspired by the door of the Salamak University. Also, when creating the exterior, they clearly looked back at the wonderful cathedral in Valladolid and at the Santa Cruz hospital in Toledo (Spain).
The construction took two years, after which A.S. Bridges, who financed it, donated the building to the city. In 1966, a west wing with a sculptural courtyard was added to the museum, which doubled its size, and in 1974 – an east wing.
The greatest value is represented by the works of the great Spaniards: Murillo, Zurbaran, Kotan, Ribera, El Greco.
The museum’s collections are grouped by historical periods, with the oldest dating back to the 5000s. BC e., and the youngest – to our time. The greatest value is represented by the works of the great Spaniards: Murillo, Zurbaran, Kotan, Ribera, El Greco. The first among the world’s masterpieces that the museum can boast of today was a painting by Francisco Goya, bought in 1939 from a private collection and not previously exhibited. In the next decade, the museum was able to acquire paintings by Giovanni Bellini and Diego Velazquez (the portrait of the Infanta Margarita is believed to be a sketch for the world-famous portrait, which is exhibited in Vienna).
The most striking masterpieces of the collection, which must be seen once in the museum, are “The Arrest of Christ” by Hieronymus Bosch, “The Vision of St. Anthony of Padua ”by Giambattista Pittoni,“ Woman combing her hair ”by O. Renoir and“ Bouquet ”by Matisse.
Italian artists are represented in the collection by works by Giordone, Giambattista Pittoni, Giotto, Veronese, Luini and Canaletto. North European School of Painting – Rubens, Hals and Van Dyck. More contemporary authors whose work can also be seen in the museum include German Expressionists such as Otto Dix, Egon Schiele and Gustav Klimt.
Practical information
Address: 1450 El Prado, Balboa Park.
Working hours: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday – Saturday: from 10:00 to 17:00, Sunday: from 12:00. During the summer season (July to September), some exhibitions are open until 20:00.
Entrance: 15 USD for adults, 10 USD for seniors over 65 years old, 8 USD for students, children under 17 years old – free admission.
Web site.
Prices on the page are for July 2020.
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