New Spain Art Collection

New Spain Art Collection A wonderful new addition to the Bandera Natural History Museum displaying a world-class collection o The art hall also includes a model of a Manila Galleon.

The New Spain Art Collection

The New Spain Art displayed in the Bandera Natural History Museum’s Art Hall includes paintings, polychromed sculptures, silver, antique Talavera, ivories, and furniture from 1521 to the early 1800s. Once thought as being reproductions of the European Masters, the New Spain artists established their unique style with vibrant colors and techniques that included applyin

g fabric, jewels and inlaid shells. Some of the well-known artists included in the collection are Juan Correa, Miguel Cabrera, Cristobel de Villalpando, Jose de Ibarra and Morales Van den Eynden. The galleons brought exotic cargo, ideas and inspiration to Mexico via the trade routes between the Philippines to Mexico. These global trade routes flourished for 250 years. The New Spain Art collection was gifted to the Bandera Natural History Museum by Juan Carlos and Mary Vargas Infante. Having such a diverse collection of over 150 rare antiquities in one permanent collection that has never been exhibited in the United States until now is an important contribution to the art world and to Bandera.

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267 Old San Antonio Highway
Bandera, TX
78003

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Wednesday 10am - 5pm
Thursday 10am - 5pm
Friday 10am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 5pm
Sunday 12pm - 5pm

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