Visit the Mapfre Foundation in Madrid, and discover a space for avant-garde culture as well as artistic and documentary photography. See works of painting, photography, and sketches with a focus on the period spanning from the late-19th century to the mid-20th century.
Until January 18, 2026 the visitors can enjoy two excellent temporary exhibitions of greats artists:
Raimundo de Madrazo
The third representative—after his grandfather José and his father Federico—of the most renowned dynasty of 19th-century Spanish painting, Raimundo de Madrazo developed his entire artistic career between Paris, where he arrived at age 20, and the United States, where he conducted various portrait tours starting in 1897 while his role in the French art scene gradually diminished.
His body of work centers around genre painting and portraiture. In the former, he stood out for the exquisite detail of his interiors and his skills as a master colorist. As a portraitist, he was one of the favourite painters of Parisian and American high society.
Organised in collaboration with the Meadows Museum in Dallas, this exhibition is the first major retrospective of one of the most cosmopolitan painters and finest technicians of his time.
Edward Weston. The Matter of Forms
Edward Weston (Illinois, 1886 – California, 1958) played a key role in the transformation of photography into an autonomous artistic language. Co-founder of Group f/64, Weston championed a new aesthetic based on formal precision, simplicity, and the poetic intensity of the image. His work, deeply rooted in the American landscape and visual culture, reflects the transition from Pictorialism to Straight Photography, of which he was one of the main proponents. The more than
200 photographs included in the exhibition offer a comprehensive overview of his entire career, from his Pictorialist beginnings to his recognition as one of the foremost figures of Straight Photography.
Exhibition organised with the support of the Centre for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, Tucson.
Photo credits:
Raimundo de Madrazo
Aline Masson, late 1870s
Private collection
© Photography: Pablo Linés
Edward Weston
Surf, Bodega, 1937
Centre for Creative Photography, The University of Arizona
© Centre for Creative Photography, Arizona Board of Regents
