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The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spanish: Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes) is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain[1] to individuals or institutions excelling in artistic or cultural creation or to those that have provided valuable services to promotion of art and culture or to conservation of artistic heritage.
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The medals were created by means of a December 1969 decree, and are bestowed on an annual basis.[2] Until 1995, both gold and silver medals were awarded, after which only the gold medal has been granted.[3]
Award recipients edit
Some award recipients include:
- Joaquín Achúcarro (pianist, teacher), 1996
- Alaska (singer), 2015
- Pedro Almodóvar (cinema director), 1998
- Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008
- Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009
- Joan Brossa (poet, playwright and experimental artist), 1995
- Luis Buñuel (cinema director), 1981
- Luis García Berlanga (cinema director), 1982[4]
- Ceesepe (cartoonist, painter), 2011
- Salvador Dalí (painter, sculptor), 1971
- Plácido Domingo (Singer), 1983
- Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), 2020
- Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor, director and playwright), 1981[5]
- Eloísa García de Wattenberg (historian), 2010
- Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998
- El Hortelano (painter), 2009
- Carmen Laffón (painter), 1999[6]
- Chus Lampreave (actress), 2001[7]
- Carmen Linares (singer), 2005
- Ana Locking (fashion designer), 2021 [8]
- Rafael Manzano (architect), 1972
- Joan Miró (painter), 1980
- Enrique Morente (singer), 2005
- Anne-Sophie Mutter (musician), 2016
- Maria Pages (dancer & choreographer), 2015
- Ángel Peralta Pineda (rejoneador), 2013
- Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999
- María La Ribot (dancer), 2015[9]
- Carmen Sevilla, 2003[10]
- Joaquín Sabina (singer, composer), 2005
- Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011
- Eleanor Sayre, (international expert on Goya), 1991
- Alberto Schommer, (photographer), 2008
- Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (comic book artist), 2002[11]
- Rufino Tamayo (painter), 1985 [12]
- Mansilla+Tuñón (architects), 2014
- Patricia Urquiola (architect and designer), 2011
- José Luis López Vázquez (actor), 1985[13]
- Mauricio Wiesenthal (writer), 2016
References edit
- ^ "Llegan a Pamplona los primeros galardonados con Medallas a las Bellas Artes". EFE. 2 March 2022.
- ^ "Arzak y la Fundación BBVA, premiados con la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 20 February 2009.
- ^ "Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts at Spain is culture". www.spainisculture.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
- ^ "Real Decreto 397/1982, del 28 de febrero, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a don Luis García Berlanga" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (34): 37503. 28 February 1982. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
- ^ Ministerio de Cultura: "Real Decreto 1181/1981, de 8 de mayo, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, al Actor y Director don Fernando Fernán-Gómez". Madrid: Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 14139.
- ^ "Relación de premiados del año 1999" [1999 List of Winners] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
- ^ Galán, Diego (5 April 2016). "Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Las claves por las que Ana Locking se merece la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes". ELLE (in Spanish). 29 December 2021.
- ^ "Gregorio Marañón y Cristina Iglesias, Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes". La Tribuna de Toledo (in Spanish). Toledo. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ del Castillo Vera, Pilar; R., Juan Carlos (19 December 2003). "REAL DECRETO 1774/2003, de 19 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a doña Carmen García Galisteo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (304): 45377. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
- ^ "Adiós a Francisco Ibáñez, el prolífico padre de "Mortadelo y Filemón"". La Vanguardia. 15 July 2023.
- ^ "Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español" (in Spanish). EL PAÍS. 5 April 2016. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
- ^ "Real Dectreto 1062/1985. de 19 de junio por el que se concede la medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, a las personas y Entidades que se citab" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 3 July 1985.