MADRID.- The Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid is
presenting Fantin-Latour (1836-1904), the first major monographic exhibition to
be devoted in Spain to this French painter. It has been organized in conjunction
with the Fundaçao Calouste Gulbenkian in Lisbon, where it can
be seen this summer. The exhibition features a comprehensive selection
from the artist’s oeuvre comprising 70 paintings, drawings and prints loaned
from museums and institutions around the world. Using a chronological
arrangement that follows Fantin-Latour’s career through the second half of the
19th century, the exhibition includes some of his most famous paintings, among
them group portraits of family members and friends, interiors with figures and
realist still lifes, as well as allegorical and musical fantasies. On
exhibition 29 September through 10 January, 2010.