During Regionalism, no aesthetic position served as a better vehicle for the ideology of the scenographic culture that movement demanded than genre painting, heiress of the flemish kermeses, not to forget the feeling for a Spanish and castilian landscape, typical of the 1898 generation. We find an intimate and singular genre which deals with local customs, the portrait, the city′s reinventions, and also a single and almost religious painting in some of the artists of this volume.

ARTISTS PAINTERS studies the country′s most representative artists in depth. The most qualified and specialized historians and art critics in every artist, more than three hundred, have taken part in the study of their life and works.

ARTISTS PAINTERS is notable not only for its design and texts, but also for the maximum quality reached in photography, photomechanics, printing and binding.

ARTISTS PAINTERS has even a worlwide scope. Our books are exported to the United States, Mexico, England, Costa Rica, Brazil, Puerto Rico...

Volumes, 416 pages, 32 X 24, de luxe edition.

More than 500 full colour reproductions and texts

written by a group of prestigious critics and historians.

Creator Silk paper, 200 grs.

Illustrations take up more than 75% of the total size of the book.

Binding in Cialux bookcloth with dustcover, four folds plasticized, gloss.

“This series of books will be, in the future, a basic reference in the Spanish art. Excellent news, in short, for all those who want to learn about how the visual image of Spain developed in time.”

Faro, 21-XI-97

“Spain is a cradle for art. Artists Painters is the great Spanish epic campaign of the century, due to its valuable content and its meticulous presentation.”

ABC, 9-IX-98

“A pharaonic task, like a miracle for the Spanish creators.”

El punto de las artes, 18/24-IX-98

“It is the most important book till now as regards the Spanish artists of universal scope.”

La Prensa, México, 26-XI-00