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| Isabel Verdejo, Ramón Gaya's widow, will donate various objects that belonged to the Murcian painter and writer, such as manuscripts, letters, original paintings and his disco, made up of 1,000 vinyls | The mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Culture and Heritage Recovery, Jesús Pacheco, received this morning Isabel Verdejo, Ramón Gaya's widow and member of the Ramón Gaya Museum Foundation, who will donate more than 2,000 objects.

that belonged to the Murcian painter and writer, such as his personal library - made up of almost 1,000 books - and vinyls, among other resources, on the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the creation of the Ramón Gaya Museum, which opened its doors in 1990."Ramón Gaya was an artist with a restless personality, far from dogmatism and sectarianism, who in his pictorial work, in literature and in his essays and writings, manifested a free and independent criterion, always committed to intellectual, social and moral progress" , highlighted José Ballesta, who added that "thanks to this solidarity gesture by Isabel Verdejo, we will be able to learn more about the concerns of the Murcian artist, with his manuscripts, books, documents, vinyls and letters."Personal files, 1,000 vinyls and 2 original paintingsSpecifically, the donation will be as follows:-The personal library of Ramón Gaya, made up of about 1,000 books, covering the subjects that were preferred by the painter: art, philosophy, essays, novels and poetry.-The painter's discotheque, made up of around 1,000 vinyls, mainly classical music.-The manuscripts of his work.-Personal archive, composed of documents and letters, of personalities such as María Zambrano, Juan Ramón Jiménez, Juan Gil-Albert, Rosa Chacel, José Bergamín, Jorge Guillén, Cristóbal Hall, Elena Croce, Giorgio Agamben, Tomás Segovia, Enrique de Rivas andNigel Dennis.-Two paintings that can currently be seen in the temporary exhibition 'Obra chosen', at the Ramón Gaya Museum, which are: 'La mesa' (1950) and 'Jardín Borda' (1951).The Museum commemorates its 30th Anniversary with an exhibition that shows some unpublished pieces by the Murcian painterAbout twenty works by the Murcian painter Ramón Gaya make up 'Obra chosen', an exhibition organized in homage to the Museum's 30 years, which covers a lifetime devoted to painting - the first and last paintings by Gaya open and close sample-.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia