Full Name: Salas y Bosch, Xavier de
Other Names:
- Francisco Xavier de Salas y Bosch
Gender: male
Date Born: 1907
Date Died: 1982
Place Born: Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Place Died: Madrid, Spain
Home Country/ies: Spain
Subject Area(s): eighteenth century (dates CE), nineteenth century (dates CE), painting (visual works), seventeenth century (dates CE), and Spanish (culture or style)
Overview
Historian of Spanish painting from the 17th-19th centuries and museum director. Salas began studying art history at the Universidad de Barcelona, and later studied in Vienna and Berlin. He was appointed Professor of Art History at the Universidad Compultense de Madrid, and attended the salons of the Academia Breve de Critica de Arte in 1946-7, organized by Eugene d’Ors. In 1947, Salas moved to London, and wrote for the magazine Goya about museum collections. He completed monographs on Vel’squez and Goya, and published articles in several Spanish journals. In 1961, Salas served as the Deputy Director of the Museo del Prado in Madrid, becoming the Director in 1970. He spent his the last part of his life in Trujillo, where he owned a castle, studying the city’s urban heritage and participating in restoration projects.
Sources
The Dictionary of Art