The Museo Reina Sofía holds the oil painting La verbena, from September 1927, which is part of a series on the festivities of Madrid. Who is its author?
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Museo Reina Sofía: La verbena, de Maruja Mallo, read on 22 October 2026.
Answer: Maruja Mallo. The Museo Reina Sofía dates La verbena to September 1927 and recalls that in 1928 the artist exhibited the four oil paintings of the series devoted to the festivities of Madrid.
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Task 4 · Culture and history Related to question 4025 of the manual
The question in Spanish
El Museo Reina Sofía conserva el óleo La verbena, de septiembre de 1927, que forma parte de una serie sobre las fiestas madrileñas. ¿Quién es su autora?
The options
- ARemedios Varo
- BÁngeles Santos
- CMaruja MalloCorrect
What the source says
«En 1928 Maruja Mallo exponía, en la muestra individual que le había organizado Ortega y Gasset en las salas de la Revista de Occidente, los cuatro óleos que constituyen la serie dedicada a las fiestas madrileñas, conjunto del que forma parte La verbena, perteneciente al Museo Reina Sofía.»
Source: Museo Reina Sofía: La verbena, de Maruja Mallo, read on 22 October 2026. The quotation is in Spanish, as the source prints it; the English wording of the answer is ours.
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