Closed due to reinstallation until Oct 24, 2024

 

Regular opening hours

Daily 10 am–8 pm
(also on bank holidays)

 

EXCEPTIONS
Each 3rd wednesday of the month
during AfterworkKH the exhibition
remains open until 10 pm: 20.3., 17.4., 15.5., 19.6., 17.7. and 21.8.2024

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Kunsthalle der Hypo-Kulturstiftung
Theatinerstrasse 8
(in the Fünf Höfe)
80333 München
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The Myth
of Spain

Ignacio Zuloaga 1870–1945
September 15, 2023–February 4, 2024

After the successful exhibition on the work of Joaquín Sorolla:
now discover his rival Ignacio Zuloaga,
painter of the “Spanish soul”.

Ignacio Zuloaga shaped the image of Spain abroad like no other artist around 1900: proud toreros and spirited flamenco dancers; little people, beggars, and witches recalling the artistic legacy of Old Masters like Diego Velázquez, El Greco and Francisco de Goya; vast landscapes withering under the blazing sun; the simple life of the rural population. In the wake of industrialization and Spain’s increasing orientation towards modern Europe, Zuloaga strove to preserve the “Spanish soul” with such scenes, earning him international success.

In nine thematic chapters the exhibition explores Zuloaga’s artistic career and locates him within the historico-cultural context of his time, including his close ties with the writers of the so-called Generation of ’98, the question of Spain’s self-image and its image as a foreign country within Europe, as well as Zuloaga’s connections to the Paris avant-garde. Furthermore, his reception specifically in Germany is addressed, which in return is linked to Zuloaga’s complex relationship with the Francoist administration and his instrumentalization by the fascist regime. The show departs from the established yet too narrowly considered classification of Zuloaga as a painter of melancholic, gloomy, “black” Spain—in contrast to, for example, Joaquín Sorolla (1863–1923) as a representative of the cheerful, folkloristic, “white” side. Zuloaga’s oeuvre is thus re-examined in all its complexity. With this project, the Kunsthalle continues its Spanish-themed exhibitions like The Spanish Golden Age and Joaquín Sorolla, realized in 2016/17.

The Myth of Spain. Ignacio Zuloaga (1870–1945) is an exhibition by Kunsthalle München, in collaboration with Bucerius Kunst Forum, Hamburg. The exhibition will be on view there from February 17 to May 26, 2024.

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Ignacio Zuloaga
Young Village Bullfighters, 1906
Oil on canvas, 197 × 154 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

© Archivo Fotografico Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

Ignacio Zuloaga
Women of  Sepúlveda, 1909
Oil on canvas, 182 × 213 cm
Ayuntamiento de Irun

Ignacio Zuloaga
Portrait of Countess Mathieu de Noailles, 1913,
Oil on canvas, 152 × 195,5 cm,
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Donated by Ramón de la Sota y Llano in 1919

© Arte Ederren Bilboko Museoa – Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Ignacio Zuloaga
Half-lenght portrait of a Picador, 1910
Oil on canvas, 84 × 61,5 cm
Private Collection. On loan at the Museo de Segovia – Museo Zuloaga de Segovia

Ignacio Zuloaga
My Cousins on the Balcony, 1906
Oil on canvas, 127 × 140 cm
Private collection

Ignacio Zuloaga
The one with the fan, 1906
Oil on canvas, 115 × 100 cm
Sammlung Casacuberta Marsans

Foto: Gasull Fotografía, Barcelona

Ignacio Zuloaga
The Victim of the Fiesta, 1910
Oil on canvas, 284 × 344 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. The Hispanic Society
Museum & Library, New York, on deposit with the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum since 2007

© Arte Ederren Bilboko Museoa – Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Ignacio Zuloaga
Portrait of Juan Belmonte, 1924
Oil on canvas, 193 × 120 cm
Private Collection

Ignacio Zuloaga
The Cardinal, 1912
Oil on canvas, 201 × 236.3 cm
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Donated by Javier Horn Prado in 1966

© Arte Ederren Bilboko Museoa – Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Ignacio Zuloaga
Young Village Bullfighters, 1906
Oil on canvas, 197 × 154 cm
Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

© Archivo Fotografico Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid

Ignacio Zuloaga
Women of  Sepúlveda, 1909
Oil on canvas, 182 × 213 cm
Ayuntamiento de Irun

Ignacio Zuloaga
Portrait of Countess Mathieu de Noailles, 1913,
Oil on canvas, 152 × 195,5 cm,
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. Donated by Ramón de la Sota y Llano in 1919

© Arte Ederren Bilboko Museoa – Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Ignacio Zuloaga
Half-lenght portrait of a Picador, 1910
Oil on canvas, 84 × 61,5 cm
Private Collection. On loan at the Museo de Segovia – Museo Zuloaga de Segovia

Ignacio Zuloaga
My Cousins on the Balcony, 1906
Oil on canvas, 127 × 140 cm
Private collection

Ignacio Zuloaga
The one with the fan, 1906
Oil on canvas, 115 × 100 cm
Sammlung Casacuberta Marsans

Foto: Gasull Fotografía, Barcelona

Ignacio Zuloaga
The Victim of the Fiesta, 1910
Oil on canvas, 284 × 344 cm
Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao. The Hispanic Society
Museum & Library, New York, on deposit with the Bilbao Fine Arts Museum since 2007

© Arte Ederren Bilboko Museoa – Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Ignacio Zuloaga
Portrait of Juan Belmonte, 1924
Oil on canvas, 193 × 120 cm
Private Collection

Ignacio Zuloaga
The Cardinal, 1912
Oil on canvas, 201 × 236.3 cm
Bilbao Fine Arts Museum. Donated by Javier Horn Prado in 1966

© Arte Ederren Bilboko Museoa – Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao

Audio tour

A free audio tour (EN/DE) is available for the exhibition. It can be accessed from home and in the exhibition with your own mobile device. Please bring your own headphones when you visit the exhibition.

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Catalog

The Myth of Spain

“Therein lies Zuloaga’s strength: to be a creator of myths” – José Ortega y Gasset

Accompanying the exhibition The Myth of Spain an extensive catalog is published. It is the first comprehensive monographic publication in German on the Spanish artist Ignacio Zuloaga, whose painting was internationally celebrated during his lifetime.

Price at the Kunsthalle: € 35

Edited by Roger Diederen, Nerina Santorius and Carlos Alonso Pérez-Fajardo, with essays by Carlos Alonso Pérez-Fajardo, Katrin Dyballa, Charlotte Ewers, Ralf Junkerjürgen, Mikel Lertxundi Galiana, Helena Pereña, Nerina Santorius, Johanna Schumm and Birgit Thiemann.

224 pages, 24 x 29 cm, 168 color illustrations, hardcover, available in German, published by Deutscher Kunstverlag.

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Children & Young People

Booklet for Children
available free of charge at the ticket desk, 8–12 years (in German)
Guided tours for Children
during school vacations (in German)
Workshops at the Kinderkunsthaus
during school vacations, 8–15 years

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