Compartir
The Recovery of Spain’s Artistic Heritage. Ricardo de Orueta (1868–1939)

The Recovery of Spain’s Artistic Heritage. Ricardo de Orueta (1868–1939)

The aim of this exhibition is to rescue from oblivion the discreetly silenced figure of Ricardo de Orueta and vindicate him as an essential reference in the history of twentieth-century Spanish culture.

The exhibition coincides with the 80th anniversary of the law on national artistic heritage (Ley del Tesoro Artístico Nacional), which Orueta promoted as the Director General for Fine Arts. The law was the most important initiative in Spanish history for safeguarding Spanish heritage, and was so modern that it remained unchanged until the 1985 law was passed.

The career of Orieta (Malaga, 1868–Madrid, 1939), a man from an institutional background with Republican convictions, is indissolubly linked to the most outstanding cultural moments, enterprises and institutions of the first third of the twentieth century: he embodied the ideals and promoted brilliant initiatives of decisive importance to national heritage and culture.

His intellectual and public life was always associated with highly significant cultural symbols of those decades such as the intellectual avant-garde of Malaga (one of the most dynamic and innovative cities in the country), the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, the Residencia de Estudiantes, the Centro de Estudios Históricos and the Misiones Pedagógicas.

He developed a committed activism against the despoilment of the country’s heritage during the first decades of the century and revived the great Spanish Golden Age sculptors. With unflagging enthusiasm and a modern and democratic vision of heritage, from his post as Director General for Fine Arts in the Second Republic from 1931 to 1933 and in 1936 he defined the cultural aspects of the Constitution of 1931 and established a policy for protecting and publicly disseminating Spain’s treasures, monuments, artworks and museums, which ended in the passing of the law of 1933 on artistic heritage – Ley del Tesoro Artístico  (1933) – one of the most advanced of its kind in Europe.

 

En el frente del arte. Ricardo de Orueta 1868 – 1939 (eBook)
eBooks

En el frente del arte. Ricardo de Orueta 1868 – 1939 (eBook)

  • Type: Exhibition catalogue
The papers in this volume provide a detailed analysis of the life, research and professional course of Ricardo de Orueta, a modern illustrated man who generously offered his services to the cause of culture for all and defended the cultural heritage of Spain.

Available in Spanish
 

Links

Timeline

Get the latest NEWS

This website uses cookies

Cookies are small text files that websites can use to make a user's experience more efficient. The law states that we can store cookies on your device if they are strictly necessary for the operation of this website. For all other types of cookies, we need your permission. This website uses different types of cookies. Some cookies are placed by third-party services that appear on our pages. You can change or withdraw your consent at any time from the Cookie Declaration on our website. Learn more about who we are, how you can contact us, and how we process personal data in our Privacy Policy.

Necessary cookies help make a website usable by enabling basic functions like page navigation and access to secure areas of the website. The website cannot function properly without these cookies.

NameProviderPurposeExpidationType
PHPSESSIDThis websiteCookies generated by PHP-based applications. This is a general-purpose identifier used to maintain user session variables. It is usually a randomly generated number; how it is used can be site-specific, but a good example is maintaining a logged-in user's state between pages.SessionHTTP
LanguageThis websiteLanguage in which the website text is displayed.4 monthsHTTP
consentcookies_EsencialesThis websiteThis cookie is used to store consent preferences1 yearHTTP
consentcookies_PreferenciasThis websiteThis cookie is used to store consent preferences1 yearHTTP
consentcookies_EstadisticasThis websiteThis cookie is used to store consent preferences1 yearHTTP
consentcookies_MarketingThis websiteThis cookie is used to store consent preferences1 yearHTTP