The institution contains pieces dated between 1953 and 2003 donated by Isabel Verdejo, the painter’s widow, to the city council
The Ramón Gaya Museum (Plaza Santa Catalina, Murcia), which opened its doors in October 1990, has received a donation of eleven paintings by Ramón Gaya, dated between 1953 and 2003, from Isabel Verdejo, the widow of the painter and writer. .
The list of donated works includes: ‘The hand of Papa Doria’ (1999), ‘Portrait of Alice’ (1953), ‘Turner’s Venice’ (1992), ‘The Titian. The Crowning of Thorns’ (1990), ‘By Titian. Burial of Christ’ (1998), ‘Solana and Fattori’ (1993), ‘Fan and mirror’ (1992), ‘Pornographic Japanese’ (1998), ‘The pitcher’ (2003) and ‘Homage to Seurat with pears’ ( 1994).
This new delivery was approved during the celebration of the extraordinary meeting of the supervisory board of the autonomous organization Fundación Ramón Gaya, held yesterday and chaired by the Mayor of Murcia, José Antonio Serrano.
These are works that mostly date from the 1990s, on which the author applied the ‘gouache’ technique on paper, with the exception of the painting ‘Portrait of Alice’ (1953) in which he used oil on canvas.
José Antonio Serrano emphasized the importance of this donation to Murcia, thanking the painter’s widow for “delivering these magnificent works, which perfectly reflect the mastery of one of the great names of Murcian culture.” The Councilor of Culture, Tourism and Sports, Pedro García Rex, indicated that this new donation “will enrich the funds of the museum, increasing the interest that this cultural space can arouse in the city among Murcians, tourists and visitors”.
The meeting of the Board of Trustees was also attended by the director of the Ramón Gaya Museum, Rafael Fuster, and the poet, art critic and former director of the Reina Sofía Museum, Juan Manuel Bonet, among other members.
Together with the permanent exhibitions offered by the museum, the exhibition ‘Avant-garde Murcia’ was inaugurated at the beginning of November, an ongoing search for some works that ‘flirt’ with the modernity of four authors: Bonafé, Gaya, Garay and Flores. A small sample which, thanks to the generosity of private collectors and the Museum of the City of Murcia, brings together a number of experimental works by this group of friends. It can be visited in the Sala Velázquez, until January 4, 2023 (from Tuesday to Saturday: from 10am to 2pm and from 5pm to 8pm).
You can also enjoy, until March 30, 2023, an unpublished series by Pedro Serna dedicated to the Mar Menor. About thirty works made during almost 40 years of intense relationship with the lagoon of Murcia.
Source: La Verdad
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