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From revolution to our days.
the richness of its thermal waters promoted its exploitation since the antiquity.
Caldas de Partovia, exploited since the medieval times, is a good example
of this. But it was the Gran Balneario, by Vázquez Gulías, the best reflection
of this new taste that spread among the privileged classes of the contemporary
society. Cabreiroá in Verín, currently recognized by the quality of its waters,
also started to stand out, first as spa. From 1906, the sale of its waters was
started, and the project was a success. Up to the point that, in the Civil War,
the spa was abandoned and only the part of the commercialization of its waters
was maintained. Also in Verín, the Sousas spring was full of legends that talked
about the virtues of his mineral water, declared of Public Profit in 1859, together
with the ones of Caldeliñas.
Museum of Contemporary Art of Serralves (Porto)
The 20th century art
The 20th century was marked at an artistic level by the diffusion of the avantgarde
and the diversification of the artistic concept and subject. Galicia
had important representatives, like Maruja Mallo, one of the most outstanding
cubist painters, Laxeiro or Seoane, among others. Furthermore, if you have the
change, you will be able to enjoy exhibition centres of contemporary art such as
CGAC, in Santiago de Compostela, the MARCO and the Laxeiro Foundation,
in Vigo, or the Varrié Foundation in A Coruña. But, if there is a painter that
exemplified himself the evolution of Galician art during this century, this was
Eugenio Granell, a multifaceted man who cultivated different disciplines, and
whose life course was the chronicle of many of his time. Because of this, the visit
to the Foundation named after him, in Santiago de Compostela, is compulsory
for all those who are interested in this style.
Other artistic disciplines were also worked on. Regarding sculpture, natural
sculptors of the north of Portugal, from the so-called Escola de Gaia, stand out,
like Soares dos Reis, António Teixeira Lopes or Diogo de Macedo. Meanwhile,
in painting, Amadeu de Souza-Cardozo stands out, pioneer of the contemporary
painting.
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