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Hanging from a Dream
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Hanging from a Dream

Feb 20, 2013
0h 58m
★ 10.0

The history of the first Spanish museum of modern art

Overview

The history of how the Museum of Spanish Abstract Art of Cuenca was created. In the mid-1950s, the Spanish collector and painter Fernando Zóbel de Ayala (1924-84) becomes fascinated by the young generation of Spanish abstract artists, so he begins to collect their works to show them to the public in Toledo. Until Gustavo Torner, a young forest engineer interested in art, proposes him to visit his city, Cuenca.

Genres

Documentary
TV Movie

Production Companies

Inicia Films
TVE
Les Films Grain de Sable

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