Sundowner: Autumn/Winter 2019
Published twice a year and complimentary to A&K’s past and future guests, Sundowner is packed with the hottest destinations and insights on what’s trendy in travel. Featuring articles by some of the industry’s most renowned travel writers and our expert staff, it’s guaranteed to give you wanderlust… Sign up to receive your copy here: https://www.abercrombiekent.co.uk/new-newsletter-signup
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ESPACIO CULTURAL ZULOAGA,<br />
ZUMAIA, NEAR SAN SEBASTIAN<br />
A few miles along the coast from San Sebastian lies the village of<br />
Zumaia – home of the great 20th-century Basque painter Ignacio<br />
Zuloaga (1870-1945). In this lonely, peaceful place, he established<br />
his family home and a cultural centre, designed to promote his<br />
native art and culture. Today, the centre aims to teach younger<br />
generations about the importance of Zuloaga’s work in the context<br />
of his contemporaries and those who came after him. The area<br />
might also be familiar to fans of television series Game of Thrones,<br />
who can walk in the footsteps of Daenerys Targaryen on the shores<br />
of ‘Westeros’.<br />
A&K INSIDER ACCESS: A&K can offer guests the<br />
opportunity to take a private tour of the museum. During your visit<br />
to Zuloaga’s home, you can absorb the display of his own paintings,<br />
which sit alongside his personal collection, including minor works<br />
by El Greco and Goya. Then continue your day sightseeing in the<br />
other charming villages surrounding San Sebastian.<br />
SPAIN<br />
MUSEO NACIONAL THYSSEN-<br />
BORNEMISZA, MADRID<br />
The magnificent Thyssen-Bornemisza, boasting almost 1,000<br />
paintings and regarded as one of the most important privately<br />
assembled art collections in the world, offers art lovers an<br />
experience that is nothing short of extraordinary. The museum’s<br />
permanent collection provides an overview of art from the 13th<br />
to late 20th centuries in a series of snapshots touching on the<br />
work of Hopper, Caravaggio, Sargent, Gauguin, Mondrian,<br />
van Eyck, and scores of others. Among its masterpieces are<br />
Hans Holbein the Younger’s iconic Portrait of Henry VIII and<br />
Rubens’ Venus and Cupid.<br />
A&K INSIDER ACCESS: Introduce your entire family<br />
to the glories of painting when you embark on a treasure hunt<br />
organised by a specialist A&K guide. Explore the secrets of some<br />
of the museum’s most famous works, following clues which lead<br />
you through the evolution of painting over seven centuries.<br />
Engaging and stimulating, it’s an activity ideal for young,<br />
inquisitive minds.<br />
MUSEO SOROLLA, MADRID<br />
Originally the house and studio of Spain’s greatest late 19th- and<br />
early 20th-century painter, this museum is dedicated to the life<br />
and work of Joaquín Sorolla (1863-1923). It houses an eclectic<br />
collection, including paintings by family members, his daughter<br />
Elena among them. Although his work is sometimes compared to<br />
that of Sargent, Sorolla does not belong to any specific school; and<br />
the house also contains pieces by the old masters who inspired him.<br />
The galleries also host special exhibitions by current artists. As a<br />
result, Museo Sorolla presents a fascinating journey through Spain’s<br />
history of art.<br />
A&K INSIDER ACCESS: Off the beaten track for most<br />
visitors to Madrid, you won’t be overrun by tourists as you wander<br />
the Sorolla’s light-filled spaces. Continue with your A&K guide<br />
to the Museo del Romanticismo, a unique time capsule of art,<br />
furniture, and style from across the 19th century, and one<br />
of Madrid’s true hidden treasures.<br />
opposite page from top: Guggenheim Museum Bilbao at dusk, Getty;<br />
Woman with Yellow Hair by Pablo Picasso; Museu Picasso, Barcelona<br />
this page from top: Woman in Bath, Roy Lichtenstein, at the<br />
Museo Nacional Thyssen-Bornemisza, ©The Estate of Roy Lichtenstein;<br />
Sala II at the Museo Sorolla<br />
CONTACT ABERCROMBIE & KENT<br />
For more information, or to book your next cultural<br />
odyssey to visit Spain’s great musuems and galleries,<br />
contact our Europe travel specialists on 01242 547 703.<br />
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