Washington Irving (1783-1859), the author of « The legend of Sleepy Hollow » and « Knickerbocker's History of New York» is best known in Spain for his « Tales of the Alhambra ». Few people know, though, that he was the American ambassador in Madrid from 1842 until 1846, a period of political turmoil and crucial sociologic and economic transformation. Do you want to see Madrid through Washington Irving's eyes? Be guided by us.
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John Singer Sargent (1856-1925), the successful American portraitist, was actually born in Europe, and, Spain can claim to have had a share in his artistic training. Indeed, Sargent was particularly fond of Madrid, a city he visited at least five times from 1879 until 1912. It will be fun to live a typical Sargent day in Madrid.
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Hemingway's love for Pamplona is a widely known fact; but after that town, Madrid was the place in Spain he visited more often from 1923 to 1960. Orson Welles was also a regular visitor of Spain, from 1933 until 1967. What Hemingway and Welles witnessed here is an extraordinary American testimony of 40 crucial years of the Spanish history that we want to share with you through this guided tour.
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The Prado owns the largest Goya collection in the world... but Goya also exists outside the Prado: in churches, small museums and palaces. We suggest a scholar-led tour of Goya outside the Prado, a kind of treasure hunt across the city.
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In 1776, Benjamin Franklin intended to leave Paris for Madrid, where he was looking for an alliance between the 13 Colonies and Spain against England. But, having been advised by the Spanish ambassador in Paris to postpone his travel, it was delayed forever. Can we imagine what would have been a day of Benjamin Franklin in Madrid that year? Let's discover it as members of a hypothetic American delegation.
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Our proposal for a 1 day private guided tour is a travel through history, from the very beginning of Madrid (9th century after Christ) to our times.
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- Exhibition: Russian Romanticism in Pushkin's times
- Exhibition: Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863)
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- Exhibition: Antonio López
- Exhibition: The Golden Fleece
- Exhibition: Odilon Redon (1840-1916)
- Exhibition: Martin Creed THINGS-COSAS
- Exhibition: Berthe Morisot, the impressionist painter
- Exhibition: Architectural paintings
- Exhibition: Locus Solus. Impressions by Raymond Roussel
- Exhibition: Teotihuacan. City of gods
- Event: ARCOmadrid 2012
- Exhibition: Baroque, theatre of passions. Pizzi collection
- Exhibition: Yves Saint Laurent
- Exhibition: Granada in Sorolla
- Invited work: Acrobat on ball
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- Exhibition: Red cavalry. Russia 1917-1945
- Exhibition: Alighiero Boetti - Game Plan
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