This exhibition is a unique opportunity to approach the artists’ interpretations of the profound social changes in Spain between 1885 and 1910. After a long period in which history painting predominated as the main inspiration, it is now social themes that analyse the changes in Spain during this period.
The variety of techniques and creative registers of the almost 300 works, many of which have never been exhibited before, makes it possible to show the wide range of artists‘ responses to the challenge of depicting the changes in the society of their time in aspects that have hardly been dealt with so far, such as industrial and women’s work, education, illness and medicine, industrial accidents, prostitution, …
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Image above: An infirmary during a visit by the chief physician 1889, oil on canvas, 290 x 445 cm