Museum of Modern Art, Plaza de la Merced
His paintings are mainly abstract and are based on street or interior scenes from major cities around the world. He has had many exhibitions of his work, mainly in Spain but some in France and Italy. A selection of his exhibits are shown below along with one or two photographs of bronzes by Maite Defruc, a sculptor from Murcia, which were in a separate gallery within the Museum.
The Museum of Modern Art is housed in a fine old building in the heart of Cartagena. It is really two buildings in one. The entrance is into the Museum itself and this is very modern with four floors of exhibition space connected by stairs or lift. Adjoining is the 19th century Aguirre Palace, built for a mining industrialist Camilo Aguirre.
Our guide from the Museum took us on a private tour of the palace and we were shown around the beautiful staircase, reception rooms, and private chapel where we had a short presentation of photographs of Cartagena from the early 20th century.
After the viewing we retired, in the time-honoured fashion, to a local restaurant where lunch and wine had been made ready for us.
Our thanks go to Chris and Mick Kerton who organised the visit, the lunch, and the tour.
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The bronzes are by Maite Defruc |
