It is difficult to imagine that somewhere in the world the purchase of two works by a forgotten painter has awakened a popular manifestation of enthusiasm such as the arrival in Sitges in November 1894 of two works by the Greco (the penitent M Agdalena and The Tears of Saint Peter), which Rusiñol had acquired shortly before in Paris. La Vanguardia’s chronicle spoke of an excited Santiago Rusiñol, waiting for the paintings at the station and then…
It is difficult to imagine that somewhere in the world the purchase of two works by a forgotten painter has awakened a popular manifestation of enthusiasm such as the arrival in Sitges in November 1894 of two works by the Greco (the penitent M Agdalena and The Tears of Saint Peter), which Rusiñol had acquired shortly before in Paris. La Vanguardia’s chronicle spoke of an excited Santiago Rusiñol, waiting for the paintings at the station and then…