Wendy Ligon Smith

Mariano Fortuny y Madrazo (1871–1949) was a polymath who experimented in a variety of media, including electric lighting, stage design, photography, the development of pigments, and textile and garment design. Yet his vision as a painter, persistently attuned to light and colour, shaped all his artistic endeavours. Fortuny: Time, Space, Light examines Fortuny’s Venetian workspaces, clothing designs, stage lighting inventions,...