"The teacher of the modern Spain"

08/02/2016. Giner de los Rios Foundation [MAD] Spain. 11/12/2015 < 10/04/2016
metalocus, CLAUDIA CENDOYA, ANDREA PORTILLO.

Exhibition that offers a vision of education as an engine of social change through Giner's project. With 400 pieces including paintings, sculptures, photographs and vintage footage, it brings us to that moment of history and helps see the actual situation from another point of view.

Francisco Giner de los Ríos in El Pardo, Madrid, around 1910. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid.

Francisco Giner de los Ríos in El Pardo, Madrid, around 1910. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation.

Gardens of the restored headquarters of the ILE. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid."The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Auditorium of the restored headquarters of the ILE. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Centenary Giner. Homage ceremony in the ILE the 18th February 2015. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Little singers of the JORCAM in the ILE. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Manuel Gutiérrez Aragón and José-Carlos Mainer in the cultural event «Diálogo sobre el Quijote». October 2015. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Ricardo Rubio, Francisco Giner de los Ríos and Manuel Bartolomé Cossío, in El Pardo, Madrid, July 1892. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Francisco Giner de los Ríos next to the walnut tree of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza's garden, Madrid, arround 1912. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation.

Rafael Altamira, Francisco Giner de los Ríos and Germán Flórez ascending through the old path of Cercedilla to Ventorrillo, Puerto de Navacerrada, Madrid, February de 1912. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Room of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza, around 1915. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Group of the summer camp of August 1930 in San Vicente de la Barquera's beach, Cantabria. Appearing, among others, the teachers Manuel Ontañón and Valiente (to the left, sitting in the highest part of the rock), Luisa Soria (sitting next to him), Manuel Troyano (standing in the first rows, with striped bath suite and white belt) and José Miranda (seventh person from the left in the last row). The boy in the right in the first row is José Manuel Ontañón.

Antonio Sánchez Barbudo reading to a group of kids, Caspe, Zaragoza, around 1932. Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Peasants facing the Maja vestida by Goya. First collection of the Museo circulante. Misiones Pedagógicas. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Trip to the countryside with the students of the Insititución Libre de Enseñanza, 7th March 1926. Residencia de Estudiantes, Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Summer camp games, San Vicente de la Barquera (Cantabria), Summer of 1930. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Students next to the mudéjar arch of the garden of the ILE, the older of them is Juan González Uña, Madrid, May 1919. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Group of the summer camp of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza in front of the house-dinning room of San Vicente de la Barquera, Cantabria, August 1930. Among others, José Manuel Ontañón (fifth in the left) and the teachers Lucía Uceda (in front of the third window in the left), Manuel Ontañón (in the center, with tie) and Manuel Troyano de los Ríos (in front of the second window in the right). Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid.

Trip of the summer camp of the Institución Libre de Enseñanza to San Vicente de la Barquera in which the historic summer camps were held, Cantabria, summer of 2010. In the background, the ruins of the old dinning room. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Aureliano de Beruete and Moret, El Guadarrama, 1911. Museo Nacional del Prado. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

School cards. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Friedrich Froebel, Second gift: the world in a box, Milton Bradley Company, Filadelfia, circa 1880. Juan Bordes collection, Madrid."The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Cajal's preparations closet. CSIC. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Curritos, puppet theatre. Archivo Histórico Fundación Estudio. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Lebrillo de Manises, 18th century. Sorolla Museum, Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Pillow, embroidered linen, first third of the 17th Century. Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas, Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation.

BILE front page, numbers 93-94, July 2014. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation.

School cards. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation. Click above to see larger image.

Francisco Giner de los Ríos, summer of 1906. Francisco Giner de los Ríos Foundation [Institución Libre de Enseñanza], Madrid. "The teacher of the modern Spain" Exhibition at the Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Image courtesy of the Giner de los Rios Foundation.

The exhibition, organized by Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) y la Fundación Francisco Giner de los Ríos, makes a journey through the biography of Giner and his innovative project, developed through platforms like the National Pedagogical Museum (1882), the Institute for Social Reforms (1883) or the Board for Advanced Studies (1907) and its centers, including the Student Residence. A second part of the exhibition shows the validity and relevance of the 'institutionist' proposal and its main hallmarks: innovation in education and in scientific and technical research, and revindication of the environment and culture as everybody's heritage.

The exhibition, that can be seen until April 10, 2016, is the work of many years of documentary ransom, often with the help of donations from families and individuals, and research and publications.

The 400 pieces in the exhibition (paintings, sculptures, documents, photographs, vintage footage, letters, furniture, toys, clothes, books, journals, manuscripts and other objects), some unpublished or very rare, come from institutions like the Prado Museum, the National Library, the National Art Museum of Catalonia (MNAC), the National Museum of Decorative Arts, the Sorolla Museum and the Student Residence, among others. Aureliano de Beruete, Joaquin Sorolla, Emilia Pardo Bazán, Federico Garcia Lorca, Maruja Mallo, Benjamin Palencia, Alberto Garcia-Alix, Eduardo Arroyo and Darío Villalba are some of the artists in the exhibition, all related in one way or another with the Free Institution of Education.

CREDITS.-

Venue.- Institución Libre de Enseñanza. Paseo General Martínez Campos, 14. 28010 Madrid.
Organization.- Acción Cultural Española (AC/E) and Fundación .Francisco Giner de los Ríos [Institución Libre de Enseñanza]
Colaboration.- Residencia de Estudiantes, Fundación Arte, Ciencia y Diálogo.
Dates.- 11 December, 2015 - 10 April, 2016.
Schedule.- From Monday to Saturday between 11 - 20 h. Sundays and holidays from 11 to 15h.