Pencil in Hand: 20th-Century Drawings

Pencil in Hand, 20th-Century Drawings presents a considered selection of more than 100 drawings, providing a wide-ranging view of art from the past century, both from Spain and abroad. All the works form part of the 20th Century Drawing Collection, which belongs to the FUNDACION MAPFRE. The vocation for collecting of FUNDACION MAPRE, one of Spain's most prestigious cultural institutions, has increased year by year with works by artists such as Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Salvador Dali, Edgar Degas, Fernand Khnopff, Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Henri Matisse and George Grosz. The catalogue is organised chronologically and includes an introductory text by Pablo Jiménez Burillo, the curator of the show and the general director of the FUNDACION MAPFRE's Cultural Institute. Every work reproduced includes a commentary by a renowned specialist in the work of the artist in question. The publication is completed with a set of biographies of the artists featured, as well as an extensive bibliography. Pencil in Hand, 20th-Century Drawings is an essential reference book for all those interested in the history of art of 20th century. Featured artists include: Edward Coley Burne-Jones, Edgar Degas, Mariano Fortuny, Auguste Rodin, Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz, Ignacio Pinazo, Dario de Regoyos, Fernand Khnopff, Gustav Klimt, Joaquin Sorolla, Henri Matisse, Lyonel Feininger, Manolo Hugue, Isidre Nonell, Joaquim Sunyer, Joaquin Torres Garcia, Juan de Echevarria, Julio Gonzalez, Xavier Gose, Nicanor Pinole, Paul Klee, Francis Picabia, Albert Gleizes, Pablo Picasso, Enric Casanovas, Daniel Vazquez Diaz, Sonia Delaunay, Andre Lhote, Alexander Archipenko, Juan Gris, Kurt Schwitters, Serge Charchoune, Rafael Barradas, Angel Ferrant, Egon Schiele, Celso Lagar, George Grosz, Joan Miro, Benjamin Palencia, Manuel Ángeles Ortiz, Laszlo Moholy-Nagy, Alberto (Alberto Sanchez), Gregorio Prieto, Francisco Bores, Ismael Gonzalez de la Serna, Joaquin Peinado, Apel-les Fenosa, Joan Rebull, Luis Fernandez, Rafael Alberti, Maruja Mallo, Arturo Souto, Joan Sandalinas, Salvador Dali, Hernando Vines Genaro Lahuerta, Oscar Dominguez, Rafael Zabaleta, Remedios Varo, Jose Caballero, Luis Castellanos, Manuel Viola, Antoni Tapies, Eduardo Chillida, Joan Ponc. ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 colour