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| Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado | |
|---|---|
| Name | Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado |
| Native name lang | es |
| Formation | 1987 |
| Type | Non-profit |
| Headquarters | Madrid, Spain |
| Leader title | President |
Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado The Fundación Amigos del Museo del Prado is a Spanish non-profit association that supports the Museo del Prado through acquisition, conservation, research, and public programs. Founded in the late 20th century, the foundation has collaborated with national and international institutions including the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and cultural bodies across Madrid, Spain, and Europe. Its activities intersect with major figures and institutions such as Diego Velázquez, Francisco Goya, El Greco, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, and collectors like Eugenio López and Paul Getty.
Established in 1987, the foundation arose amid a period of institutional expansion involving the Museo del Prado, the Instituto del Patrimonio Cultural de España, and the Ministerio de Cultura (Spain). Early patrons included members linked to the Casa Real de España, Spanish industrialists associated with Banesto and Banco Santander, and cultural patrons with connections to the Fundación la Caixa and the Fundación BBVA. Over subsequent decades the foundation worked with curators from the Museo del Prado, scholars from the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, and conservation experts formerly at the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Louvre, and the National Gallery, London. Key projects intersected with exhibitions of works by Titian, Raphael, Sandro Botticelli, Hieronymus Bosch, Pablo Picasso, Joaquín Sorolla, José de Ribera, Alonso Cano, and collaborations with museums such as the Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Museo Picasso Málaga, and the Museo Sorolla.
The foundation’s mission emphasizes support for the Museo del Prado’s mission through acquisitions, conservation, cataloguing, and dissemination, aligning with partners such as the Instituto Cervantes, the Patronato del Museo del Prado, and international museums like the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the National Gallery of Art (Washington), the Hermitage Museum, the Rijksmuseum, and the Uffizi Gallery. Activities include fundraising with corporations like Iberdrola, Telefónica, and Repsol, sponsorship of scholarly publications with academic presses connected to the Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, support for restoration projects in collaboration with the Museo Arqueológico Nacional and exchanges with curatorial teams from the Princeton University Art Museum and the Courtauld Institute of Art.
Governance comprises a board including representatives from Spanish cultural institutions, private collectors, and corporate sponsors tied to groups such as Banco Santander, BBVA, Mapfre, and CaixaBank. The foundation coordinates with governmental bodies like the Ministerio de Cultura y Deporte and regional authorities of the Comunidad de Madrid. Funding streams include membership dues from patrons connected to families like Botín and March, corporate partnerships with Acciona and Endesa, and endowments collaborating with foundations such as the Garcia Cugat Foundation and the Elena and Enrique F. Iglesias Foundation. Financial oversight engages auditors formerly associated with Deloitte, PwC, and KPMG.
The foundation has facilitated acquisitions of paintings, drawings, and sculptures by artists central to the Prado canon including Diego Velázquez’s circle, late works by Francisco Goya, panels by El Greco, and landscapes by Alonso Sánchez Coello, José de Ribera, Juan de Zurbarán, and Luis Meléndez. It has also supported purchase campaigns for works by Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera, Vicente López Portaña, Federico de Madrazo, Francisco de Goya y Lucientes, and pieces attributed to Workshop of Titian. The foundation collaborates with auction houses like Sotheby’s, Christie’s, and regional dealers linked to collections such as the Colección Borbón and private estates including the Casa de Alba.
Educational initiatives have included lectures and seminars featuring scholars from the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, the Universidad Complutense de Madrid, the Universidad de Salamanca, and international academics from Harvard University, University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, Columbia University, and the Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa. Cultural programs encompass guided tours, cataloguing projects with the Real Academia Española, symposia with curators from the Museo del Prado and educational collaborations with institutions such as the Fundación Mapfre, the Fundación Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía and the Museo Nacional de Antropología. Partnerships extend to museum studies centers including the Getty Research Institute, the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University, and European conservation networks like the ICCROM.
The foundation and its patrons have received acknowledgments from Spanish cultural bodies including the Premio Nacional de Cultura and honorary distinctions from the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando and the Patronato del Museo del Prado. Collaborations have been noted in exhibition catalogues alongside loans from institutions such as the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, and the Museo Sorolla, and by international partners including the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Rijksmuseum. Philanthropic recognition parallels awards granted to major donors featured in lists of patrons of entities like the Fundación Hispania Nostra and the Consejo Internacional de Museos.
Category:Museo del Prado Category:Spanish cultural organizations Category:Art foundations