Portal de Murcia
www.portaldemurcia.com
Masters of the painting and sculpture of the stature of Párraga, Pedro Flores, Ramón Gaya, Luis Garay, Antonio Campillo, Elisa Séiquer or Hernández Cano founded the known like 'district of the artists'.
José Ballesta, together with neighbors and relatives of the creators, discover this afternoon the commemorative plaques, illustrated with the portraits of these great masters of the twentieth century.
The Mayor of Murcia, José Ballesta, together with the Councilor for Employment, Tourism and Culture, Jesús Pacheco, and the Councilor for Youth and Development Cooperation, Rebeca Pérez, will discover this afternoon the plaques dedicated to 20 famous Murcia artists who were born, lived or Developed their work in the neighborhood of Santa Eulalia.
The event is expected to attend neighbors and relatives of the artists.
It is a total of 11 commemorative plaques illustrated with the portraits of these 20 masters of 20th century painting and sculpture.
The badges also inform about their connection with the buildings of the neighborhood - in those who lived or had their artistic studies - and the period in which they developed their work.
The painters are Mariano Ballester, Francisco Cánovas, Luis Garay, Pedro Flores, Ramón Gaya, José Antonio Molina Sánchez, José María Falgas, José María Párraga.
The sculptors include Juan González Moreno, Antonio Campillo, Pepe and Paco Toledo, Antonio Garrigós, Hernández Cano, Elisa Séiquer, Pedro Pardo
The portraits that illustrate the plates have been elaborated by the Murcia painter Nicolas de Maya.
The act of discovery will be held this afternoon, at 20.30 hours, in Calle Vara de Rey, where the Notarial Archive was located, where they had their study at the beginning and middle of the 20th century Ballester, Gonzalez Moreno, Campillo, Pepe And Paco Toledo, Garrigós and Hernández Cano).
The other locations where the plaques have been installed are Gloria, Nicolas Ortega Pagan, Trinidad, San Felix, Cigarral, Joaquín Costa and Falgas and Balsas squares.
This public recognition began last June with the opening, in the former convent of San Antonio, of the exhibition 'From a time, a place: Santa Eulalia, neighborhood of artists', with works of painters and sculptors Who lived in the neighborhood between 1873 and 1973.
Art, in the DNA of Santa Eulalia
The initiative is part of the project of integral intervention in neighborhoods 'Murcia Urban DNA', which seeks to enhance the distinctive features and idiosyncrasy of each neighborhood.
The recovery of public spaces through art is the central element of the integral improvement plan that the City Council is carrying out in Santa Eulalia, in direct collaboration with its neighbors.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
Privacy policy
- Legal notice
- Cookies