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In October it will open four more exhibitions in Valencia, Rome and Murcia on the figure of the author

The balance of the first half of the year commemorating the centenary of the birth of Ramón Gaya provides important results that reveal the great public interest in the universal figure of the painter Murcia.

Cajamurcia Foundation and the city of Murcia in the year 2010 commemorating the centenary of the birth of Ramón Gaya with an intense cultural programming.

This program began in January with the exhibition 'Life and creation' in the City Museum, a collection of paintings, writings, documents and seeking to have the life of a man like Ramón Gaya.

This programming dedicated to Gaya has included exhibitions in Rome, Valencia, Madrid and Murcia, all cities are closely linked to the painter's life, "Burgos and Caravaca de la Cruz, coinciding with the celebration of Holy Year, in addition to holding a international conference where leading experts discussed the figure of the artist.

At fifteen activities organized during the first six months of this year attended by almost 65,000 people, excluding those who have visited the exhibition 'Landscapes of Ramón Gaya', at the IVAM in Valencia, which has not yet completed.

Of these samples, the most visited have been 'near Gaya' and 'Portrait of Ramón Gaya', in the temporary room Ramón Gaya Museum, and The Silence of the art 'in the Cathedral of Burgos. "

In the exhibition "Ramón Gaya closely" were photographs by the artist's wife, Isabel Verdejo, while "Portrait of Ramón Gaya '(April-June) brought together an extensive collection of portraits by Gaya throughout his life .

For his part, welcomed the Burgos Cathedral "The Silence of Art.

Paintings on religious themes in the work of Ramón Gaya ", the exhibition features the work of Ramón Gaya religious theme centered on the same topics that inspired the great painters like Noli me tangere, Baptism of Jesus, Holofernes, The Annunciation , Road to Emmaus, etc.

It also could include, among other works, the tributes paid to Salzillo Gaya (Veronica and The Sleeper), Tiziano (crowned with thorns and the baptism of Jesus) and Murillo (The Sleeping).

In this exhibition has further documentation, photographs and books that help show the development of artistic stages Gaya and his career as creator.

This exhibition will visit the Hall of Culture Cajamurcia in Valencia next October to December.

In addition, other samples have been organized from October to December and is''Life and creation 'will hit the Instituto Cervantes in Rome,' Let mine eyes look 'at the Centro Cultural Las Claras Cajamurcia and' The First Ramón Gaya 'at the Museum Ramón Gaya.

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia