Juan González de Quirós y Corujo, Count of La Carrera
(*1943) Spain
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is a Spanish Art expert and one of the world’s most notable art experts, collectors and patrons. He studied in Madrid and Perugia and other Italian universities, where he gradually became acquainted with the most influential people in the world of culture. In the course of the Seventies he discovered an extensive art market in Argentina and purchased over 2,000 European works of art, including masterpieces by Matisse, Lautrec and Renoir, from Picasso’s Blue, Pink and Cubist periods, as well as works by Sorolla, Solana, Fortuny, Cubellse, Nonell and others. Today these works are represented
in some of the most important art collections in the world. In 1975 he met Salvador Dalí and the two developed a close and productive friendship that lasted until the final days of Dalí’s life. Through this friendship he formed a collection of Dalí sculptures that is considered unique and one of the best in the world. His expertise in art, which ranges from the Flemish and Italian schools to Goya, Delacroix
and the giants of the modern era, is recognised worldwide.
