MADRID – To mark the 100th anniversary of the death of artist Darío de Regoyos (1857-1913), the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza will host an extensive retrospective of the career of the leading Spanish representative of impressionism. More than 100 works will reveal the artist’s different modes of artistic expression, thematic concerns and aesthetic evolution over the course of his career. The exhibition will run at the museum from Feb. 18 through June 1.

Their original use of color and audacious depiction of the effects of light and atmosphere make Regoyos’s landscapes one of the most innovative chapters in the history of Spanish art of this period. In addition, the early links he established with Belgian and French painters, musicians and writers and his active participation in avant-garde art circles make him the most international figure in late 19th-century Spanish painting. In contrast, his works based around the concept of España negra [Black Spain] reflect a darker side of Spanish culture.

The exhibition, curated by Juan San Nicolás, is produced by the Museo de Bellas Artes in Bilbao with the collaboration of the Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza in Madrid and the Museo Carmen Thyssen in Malaga, where it will subsequently be shown in a smaller version. These three museums have contributed important works from their respective collections, in addition to others loaned by leading institutions such as the Musées Royaux des Beaux-Arts de Belgique, the Musée d’Orsay, the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya and the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, as well as numerous private collections.

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