until 09.04. | #3180ARTatBerlin | Galerie Brockstedt shows from 1st October 2021 a solo exhibition with paintings and drawings by the artist Isabel Quintanilla (1938-2017).
Isabel Quintanilla, Sierra de Guaderrama, 1990/91, 79,5 x 100,5 cm, Oil/Wood
Isabel Quintanilla
Spanish Realist painter and draughtswoman
1938 born in Madrid
2017 died in Madrid
Isabel Quintanilla, Luisa Diaz, 1987, 74 x 58 cm, Pastel, Paper
1949-52 Attends drawing and painting classes in the workshop of the painter Trinidad de la Torre in Madrid; also takes classes with Gutiérrez Navas and Maruxia Valero.
1952-53 Attends evening classes at the School of Arts and Crafts in Madrid; awarded the extraordinary prize of the Central Council; in her free time she paints plaster models of
art reproductions plaster models of classical sculptures to prepare for the entrance examination to the Academy of Arts
1954-59 Studies at the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes, Madrid,
Isabel Quintanilla, El muelle (Harbour pier ), 1972, 33 x 40,5 cm, Oil/Wood
1959 first participation in an exhibition in Granada, Rodriguez-Acosta Foundation
1960 works as a drawing teacher; marries Francisco López, who in that year wins the Grand Art Prize of the Spanish Academy in Rome through public competition
1961-64 with Francisco López in Rome; they meet the poet Giorgio Agamben and the musician Marcello Panni and take part together in the shooting of Fellini’s films
1963 Travels to France and Greece; first solo exhibition in Palermo and birth of son Francesco
1964 Completion of studies in Rome
from 1965 Studio in Madrid
1966 first solo exhibition in Madrid, Gallery Edurne
1970 solo exhibition in Madrid, Gallery Egam
1974 first solo exhibition in Germany, Frankfurt/M., Gallery Herbert Meyer-Ellinger
1982 State examination in painting at the Complutense University, Madrid
1987 Art Prize of the City of Darmstadt
1993 Drawing course at the Internat. Summer Academy of Art, Salzburg
Ventanan (Window), 1970, 132 x 100 cm, Oil/Wood
Works in Public Collections
Baltimore (Maryland), The Baltimore Museum of Art
Berlin, Staatliche Museen Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Nationalgalerie
Darmstadt, Städtische Kunstsammlungen
Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle
Helsinki, Museum Athenaeum
München, Bayerishe Staatsgemäldesammlung
Madrid, Coleccion de Arte del Banco de Espana
Madrid, Museo Municipal, Conde Duque
München, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlung
Nürnberg, Neues Museum
Sabinanigo, Museum de Sabinanigo
Stuttgart, Staatsgalerie
Washington, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (Smithsonian Institution)
Many Private Collections
Patio interior (Backyard), 1976, 46 x 42 cm, Oil/Wood
Solo Exhibiitons (Selection)
1963 Caltanissetta, Palermo/Sizilien
1966 Galerie Edurne, Madrid
1968 Galerie La Pasarela, Sevilla
1970 Galerie Egam, Madrid; Galerie Buchholz, München
1974 Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt/M.
1987 Galerie Brockstedt, Hamburg
1996 Centro Cultural des Conde Duque, Madrid
1999 Kunsthalle, Darmstadt
Opening: Friday, 1st October 2021, 4:00 – 9:00 pm
Exhibition period: Friday, 1st October to Friday, 31st December 2021 – ATTENTION: extended until Saturday, 9 April 2022
To the Gallery
Image caption title: Isabel Quintanilla, Roma, 1998_99, 135 x 220 cm, Oil on Canvas
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