Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts

The Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts (Spanish: Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes) is awarded by the Ministry of Culture and Sport of Spain^[1] to individuals or institutions excelling in artistic or cultural creation or to those that have provided valuable services to promotion of art and culture or to conservation of artistic heritage.

Medal's ribbon

The medals were created by means of a December 1969 decree, and are bestowed on an annual basis.^[2] Until 1995, both gold and silver medals were awarded, after which only the gold medal has been granted.^[3]

Award recipients

Some award recipients include:

• Joaquín Achúcarro (pianist, teacher), 1996
• Alaska (singer), 2015
• Pedro Almodóvar (cinema director), 1998
• Miguel Báez Espuny (bullfighter), 1998^[4]
• Antonio Banderas (actor), 2008
• Miguel Bosé (singer, composer), 2009
• Joan Brossa (poet, playwright and experimental artist), 1995
• Luis Buñuel (cinema director), 1981
• Paco Camino (bullfighter), 2005
• Ceesepe (cartoonist, painter), 2011
• Salvador Dalí (painter, sculptor), 1971
• Plácido Domingo (singer), 1983
• Gustavo Dudamel (conductor), 2020
• Fernando Fernán Gómez (actor, director and playwright), 1981^[5]
• Luis García Berlanga (cinema director), 1982^[6]
• Eloísa García de Wattenberg (historian), 2010
• Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, 1998
• El Hortelano (painter), 2009
• Francisco Ibáñez Talavera (comic book artist), 2002^[7]
• Carmen Laffón (painter), 1999^[8]
• Chus Lampreave (actress), 2001^[9]
• Carmen Linares (singer), 2005
• Ana Locking (fashion designer), 2021 ^[10]
• José Luis López Vázquez (actor), 1985^[11]
• Mansilla+Tuñón (architects), 2014
• Rafael Manzano (architect), 1972
• Joan Miró (painter), 1980
• Enrique Morente (singer), 2005
• Anne-Sophie Mutter (musician), 2016
• María Pagés (dancer & choreographer), 2015
• Ángel Peralta Pineda (rejoneador), 2013
• Oscar de la Renta (fashion designer), 1999
• María La Ribot (dancer), 2015^[12]
• Joaquín Sabina (singer, composer), 2005
• Alejandro Sanz (singer, composer), 2011
• Eleanor Sayre, (international expert on Goya), 1991
• Alberto Schommer (photographer), 2008
• Carmen Sevilla (actress, singer & dancer), 2003^[13]
• Rufino Tamayo (painter), 1985 ^[14]
• Patricia Urquiola (architect and designer), 2011
• Pepe Luis Vázquez Garcés (bullfighter), 1998
• Mauricio Wiesenthal (writer), 2016

References

1. "Llegan a Pamplona los primeros galardonados con Medallas a las Bellas Artes". EFE. 2 March 2022.
2. "Arzak y la Fundación BBVA, premiados con la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes". El Imparcial (in Spanish). 20 February 2009.
3. "Gold Medal for Merit in Fine Arts at Spain is culture". www.spainisculture.com. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
4. "El Gobierno concede las medallas de oro de Bellas Artes". elpais.com (in Spanish). El País. 19 December 1998. Retrieved 29 July 2024.
5. Ministerio de Cultura: "Real Decreto 1181/1981, de 8 de mayo, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, al Actor y Director don Fernando Fernán-Gómez". Madrid: Boletín Oficial del Estado. p. 14139.
6. "Real Decreto 397/1982, del 28 de febrero, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a don Luis García Berlanga" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (34): 37503. 28 February 1982. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
7. "Adiós a Francisco Ibáñez, el prolífico padre de "Mortadelo y Filemón"". La Vanguardia. 15 July 2023. Archived from the original on 15 July 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
8. "Relación de premiados del año 1999" [1999 List of Winners] (PDF) (in Spanish). Ministry of Culture. Archived from the original (PDF) on 14 November 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
9. Galán, Diego (5 April 2016). "Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español". El País (in Spanish). ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 9 January 2021.
10. "Las claves por las que Ana Locking se merece la Medalla de Oro al Mérito en las Bellas Artes". ELLE (in Spanish). 29 December 2021.
11. "Real Dectreto 1062/1985. de 19 de junio por el que se concede la medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de Oro, a las personas y Entidades que se citab" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish). 3 July 1985.
12. "Gregorio Marañón y Cristina Iglesias, Medalla de Oro de las Bellas Artes". La Tribuna de Toledo (in Spanish). Toledo. 30 December 2015. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
13. del Castillo Vera, Pilar; R., Juan Carlos (19 December 2003). "REAL DECRETO 1774/2003, de 19 de diciembre, por el que se concede la Medalla al Mérito en las Bellas Artes, en su categoría de oro, a doña Carmen García Galisteo" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (in Spanish) (304): 45377. Retrieved 29 August 2018.
14. "Muere Chus Lampreave, rostro emblemático del cine español" (in Spanish). EL PAÍS. 5 April 2016. ISSN 1134-6582. Retrieved 9 January 2021.

External links

• Official website