Ferrer-Dalmau Foundation

Ferrer-Dalmau Art and History Foundation

Founded	30 June 2021
Founder	Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau
Type	Non-governmental organization
Headquarters	Madrid, Spain
Area served	Culture
President	H.R.H. the Duke of Calabria
First Deputy President	General of the Army Alejandre Martínez
Second Deputy President	Ángel Soria Vaquerizo (Grupo Torre Rioja)
Director	Alejandro Ferrer-Dalmau Socías
Website	www.fundacionferrerdalmau.es

The Ferrer-Dalmau Art and History Foundation (FFD), better known as the Ferrer-Dalmau Foundation, is a Spanish non-profit foundation founded on June 30, 2021 ^{[1] [2] [3]} by the Spanish painter and academic ^[4] Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau, known as the Painter of Battles. ^[5] Its purpose is the dissemination, training and enhancement of the historical, artistic and cultural resources of Spain by carrying out activities such as workshops, exhibitions, forums, etc. ^[6] To fulfill this task, different arts are used, such as painting, sculpture, architecture, literature, comics, music or cinema, among others.

Mission

According to its founder, Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau Nieto, the FFD was created to be able to cover university teaching, ^{[7] [8]} occupational training ^[9] and cultural dissemination of Spain's ^[10] historical legacy in a single project based mainly on two models:

• The tradition of European Painting Schools: craft workshops that were grouped in streets and neighborhoods whose knowledge was preserved and transmitted directly between these workshops between generations. The result was a large collection of illustrations, prints, engravings, bindings, etc. of great influence between the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. In the 18th century there was a great crisis caused by enlightened reformism, but in the 19th century in Spain a rise of History Painting as a specific genre was generated, touching on themes such as the Spanish Empire, the War of Independence, etc. The objective of the FFD is to try to recover that artisanal and didactic spirit of painting focused on History.
• The Grekóv Workshop: ^[11] created in the Soviet Union to bring together painters and sculptors of battles around the Russian painter Grekóv. The FFD wants to follow these steps by maintaining craftsmanship and various techniques to use them in new artistic creations

Both models form the Ferrer-Dalmau Workshop of Historical Artists of Painting, Sculpture and History, which focuses on the training of new creators, researchers and restorers of this type of art.

Board of trustees

The board of trustees of the Ferrer-Dalmau Foundation currently consists of 20 trustees, among which are: ^{[12] [13]}

• His Royal Highness Prince Pedro of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, Duke of Calabria , President of the Royal Council of the Spanish Military Orders of Chivalry since 2014. ^[14] As current Head of the Royal House of Bourbon-Two Sicilies, he is the Sovereign and Grand Master of the Sacred and Military Constantinian Order of Saint George and of the Illustrious Royal Order of Saint Januarius.
• His Excellency General of the Army Fernando Alejandre Martínez , Chief of the Defence Staff of Spain from 2017 ^[15] to 2020, ^[16] member in the Assembly of the Royal and Military Order of Saint Hermenegild ^[17] and consultant in leading companies in the security and defense sector.
• The Most Excellent Arturo Pérez-Reverte Gutiérrez . Journalist and writer is Academician of the Royal Academy of the Spanish Language (letter T). ^[18]
• The Most Excellent Manuel Marchena Gómez . Doctor of Law, he has been the President of the Second Chamber, for Criminal Law, of the Supreme Court of Spain since 2014, ^[19] of which he has been a magistrate since 2007, until which time he exercised his career as a prosecutor, becoming a courtroom prosecutor of the Supreme Court of Spain, as well as chief courtroom prosecutor of the Technical Secretariat of the Prosecution Ministry. ^[20] He is also an Academician of the Royal Academy of Jurisprudence and Legislation of Spain and of the Royal Academy of Doctors of Spain. ^[21]
• His Excellency General Juan Antonio Díaz Cruz, Directorate-General for Civil Protection and Emergencies from 2012 ^[22] to 2018, ^[23] is the current national communication coordinator of Cáritas Military Spain. ^[24]

Monument to the Tercios

One of the main artistic projects of the FFD is the construction of a monument to the Tercios in Madrid. ^{[25] [26]} The artistic composition has been elaborated by Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau and the historical advice of experts, the sculptor Salvador Amaya has the objective of making a sculptural group, of classical inspiration, on a stone pedestal in which some of the most representative figures of those soldiers of the Spanish Golden Age: an arquebusier, a pikeman, a flag bearer and their captain. Alongside them will walk a dog, a symbol of loyalty and dedication until the end. The monument will be 2.60 meters high and will be made of lost-wax cast bronze.

References

1. "Resolución de 15 de febrero de 2022, de la Dirección General de Seguridad Jurídica y Fe Pública, por la que se inscribe en el Registro de Fundaciones la Fundación Arte e Historia Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau". Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). Retrieved 7 July 2023.
2. "El duque de Calabria y el JEMAD Alejandre impulsan una fundación para promover los cuadros históricos". elconfidencialdigital.com (in Spanish). 28 December 2021.
3. "Nace la Fundación Ferrer-Dalmau "para los amantes del arte, la historia y España"". eldebate.com (in Spanish). 11 January 2022.
4. "Acto de Recepción como Académico Correspondiente en Madrid del Ilmo. Sr. D. Augusto Ferrer-Dalmau Nieto". Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría. 14 March 2017.
5. ""Los madrileños nacemos donde queremos"". Diario ABC. 7 January 2022.
6. "Ferrer-Dalmau creará un taller formativo de pintura histórica para estudiantes de Bellas Artes". abc.com (in Spanish). 28 September 2020.
7. "La Universidad Nebrija y la Fundación Ferrer-Dalmau lanzan el único máster de pintura histórica en el mundo". eleconomista.es (in Spanish).
8. "El único máster de pintura histórica del mundo dará sus primeras pinceladas el curso que viene". eleconomista.es (in Spanish).
9. "La Fundación Ferrer-Dalmau impulsa un taller para jóvenes con discapacidad intelectual". larazon.es (in Spanish). 12 June 2022.
10. "La Fundación Arte e Historia Ferrer-Dalmau dona su primer cuadro". mundiario.com (in Spanish). 14 November 2021.
11. "La fundación se ha inspirado en el Taller Grekov, creado durante la etapa soviética para impulsar la creación de lienzos sobre la historia y la cultura rusas". elliberal.com (in Spanish). 12 January 2022.
12. "Patronos Fundación Arte e Historia Ferrer-Dalmau". Web oficial de la Fundación Arte e Historia Ferrer-Dalmau.
13. "Fundación Arte e Historia Ferrer-Dalmau". Registro de Fundaciones de competencia estatal del Ministerio de Justicia.
14. "Toma de posesión como Presidente del Real Consejo de las Órdenes Militares, S.A.R. Don Pedro de Borbón-Dos Sicilias y de Oréans". Real Consejo de las Órdenes Militares. 8 May 2014. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
15. "Real Decreto 288/2017, de 24 de marzo, por el que se nombra Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Defensa al Teniente General del Cuerpo General del Ejército de Tierra don Fernando Alejandre Martínez". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
16. "Real Decreto 12/2020, de 14 de enero, por el que se dispone el cese del General de Ejército del Cuerpo General del Ejército de Tierra don Fernando Alejandre Martínez como Jefe de Estado Mayor de la Defensa". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
17. "Real Decreto 265/2020, de 4 de febrero, por el que se nombra miembro de la Asamblea de la Real y Militar Orden de San Hermenegildo al General de Ejército del Cuerpo General del Ejército de Tierra don Fernando Alejandre Martínez". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
18. "Académicos de número de la Real Academia Española". Real Academia Española. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
19. "Real Decreto 891/2014, de 10 de octubre, por el que se nombra Presidente de la Sala Segunda del Tribunal Supremo a don Manuel Marchena Gómez". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
20. "Presidente Manuela Marchena". Poder Judicial España.
21. "Académico de número de la Real Academia de Doctores de España". Real Academia de Doctores de España. Retrieved 23 November 2022.
22. "Real Decreto 314/2012, de 3 de febrero, por el que se nombra Director General de Protección Civil y Emergencias a don Juan Antonio Díaz Cruz". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
23. "Real Decreto 727/2018, de 29 de junio, por el que se dispone el cese de don Juan Antonio Díaz Cruz como Director General de Protección Civil y Emergencias". Boletín Oficial del Estado.
24. "Cáritas Castrense en el Centenario de la Legión". Cáritas Castrense.
25. "Comienzan las obras del Monumento a los Tercios tras una inyección al 'crowdfunding' de 90.000 euros". abc.es (in Spanish). 18 May 2022.
26. "España dice 'sí' al monumento a los Tercios: acaba la campaña de suscripción popular con un éxito rotundo". abc.es (in Spanish). 18 July 2022.

External links

• Oficial website
• El legado de un artista para siglos venideros