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Profile - Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
On 13th July 1744 King Felipe V approved the establishment of a Spanish Royal Academy of Fine Arts, similar in nature to like institutions in other countries. The opening ceremony of the Academy was held on 13th June 1752.
The present-day Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando was officially inaugurated in 1986 in its current headquarters, the University Complutense de Madrid’s Faculty of Fine Arts, joining with the school to enter into a more modern phase in its historical development. The museum was thus able to exhibit works of art acquired and treasured throughout its history over three floors and 59 exhibition rooms. Here all branches of the Fine Arts are represented in a collection made up of work by artists formed in the Academy as well as donations received and acquisitions made by the Academy throughout its 200-year history.
The main collection of the Real Academia is made up of drawings and paintings by artists who received and continue to receive their formal training in the school. The Museum also has an important and varied collection of drawings from the 16th to the 20th century numbering around 14,000. Like other works held by the museum, this collection is linked didactically to the Academy, through its use as teaching material or as work created by former students.
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