Jose Luis Colomer holds a PhD in Comparative Literature from the University of Bologna and a degree in Art History from the Sorbonne. He currently directs the Centro de Estudios Europa Hispanica (CEEH) and the Center for Spain in America (CSA). A chief aim of both entities is to promote the study of international reception of Spanish art and culture. He has coedited several volumes, including Collecting Spanish Art: Spain’s Golden Age and America’s Gilded Age with Inge Reist (2012) and Sorolla in America: Friends and Patrons with Blanca Pons-Sorolla and Mark A. Roglán (2015).