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CULTURAL ACTIVITIES

· Show of Contemporary Painting of the Fundación Wellington, which was established in 2000, and formed to stimulate the work of artistic creation especially for new painters artists, and whose prize consists of the acquisition by the Fundacion of the work or works selected by the jury for the amount previously set by contestants in their registration form. Since the sixth edition it has been a biennial exhibition and will be held in February 2009. The strength of the awards has a total value of 50,000 euros.

· Bullfighting Journalism Award “Baltasar Ibán”, instituted in 2003 in memory of the deceased businessman, founder of the hotel and livestock that bears his name, Mr. Baltasar Ibán; aims to encourage the work of study, dissemination, criticism, knowledge and praise from the national and foreign media about bullfighting.

It convenes annually and consists of a cash prize and reproduction of an artistic figure property of the Fundacion, work of the sculptor Pablo Lozano. The Jury is composed of five members which is made public at the time of the decision of the prize and is partially renew in all the calls.

· Publication of particular books, in its mission to support culture has chosen to assume an active role as a producer and disseminator of particular works related to the areas close to the activity and cultural interests of the Fundacion. So far, among the fruits of their work can cite on the following titles to its credit:

· “Ramon en su Torreon” by Juan Manuel Bonet, Director of the Reina Sofia Museum in Madrid. Madrid 2002.

· Viaje en autobus by Josep Plá, illustrated by Miguel Calatayud and prologued by Santos Villanueva, a professor of literature at the Complutense University of Madrid. Madrid 2003.

· “La Guardia Real” Coordinated by Leandro Martinez Cardós with illustrations by Miguel Calatayud. Madrid 2004.

· “La casa de Luculo” Work of the great Julio Camba with illustrations by Miguel Calatayud and Alejandro H. Azorín. Madrid 2005.

· “El Bosque Animado” Wenceslao Fernandez Flórez. It comes complete with some illustrations of Carlos Saenz de Tejada, an epilogue by Luis Alberto de Cuenca and a documented introduction of Alicia Mariño. Madrid 2007.

· “Elegancias (1924-1926)” by Carlos Saenz de Tejada. With an introduction by Penelope Ramirez Benito, it shows the extensive work in the field of fashion, the painter and illustrator Carlos Saenz de Tejada. Madrid 2007.



Also, the Fundacion has published three books of the publication of "The newspaper El Torreon", which aim is to pick up the winner articles in the prize "The Torreon" of newspaper articles, and which also includes a selection of the work of the author whose journalistic record has been awarded in each edition of the award.

The Fundacion also has three other publications:

· The facsimile reproduction of the book "Ramon (My autobiography)" published on the occasion of the exhibition Ramon en su Torreon held at Christmas 2002 at the Hotel Wellington to celebrate Ramon Gomez de la Serna.

· The partial facsimile reproduction of the book "Cronica de tres temporadas" by Antonio Diaz-Cañabate published on the occasion of the decision of the 1st Bullfighting Journalism Prize "Baltasar Ibán."

· The facsimile reproduction of a series of cartoons published by Bagaría in the newspaper El Sol of Madrid in the early years of the twentieth century edited on the occasion of the exhibition held at Christmas 2003 at the Hotel Wellington to celebrate Josep Plá.

These books can be purchased by contacting the Fundacion Wellington through this site, or the office.

 
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