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(18/09/2010)

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The Mayor was accompanied yesterday by the President of Cajamurcia, Carlos Egea, the artist's widow, Isabel Verdejo, the director of Instituto Cervantes in Rome, Mario García de Castro, and Ambassador of Spain, Luis Calvo Merino.

Miguel Angel House has stressed that "in this city he loved the painter, now write and draw a new exciting chapter in the history of Gaya."

The exhibition will be open to the public in Piazza Navona until next October 15

The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, and Cajamurcia president, Carlos Egea Krauel, opened yesterday afternoon at the Cervantes Institute in Rome (Piazza Navona), exposure to life and creation.

Ramón Gaya 1910-2005, which will be open until 15 October.

The event was attended by the artist's widow, Isabel Verdejo, the director of Instituto Cervantes in Rome, Mario García de Castro, and Ambassador of Spain in Italy, Luis Calvo Merino.

This exhibition is part of the cultural program organized by the Foundation Cajamurcia, the City of Murcia and the Museum Ramón Gaya to commemorate the birth centenary of the painter, which includes exhibitions in Madrid, Valencia, Burgos and several cities in the Region of Murcia, among other activities.

Creating life and exhibits a selection of paintings, manuscripts, documents and personal items that allows the viewer to go on a life of Ramon Gaya, dedicated to creation.

The exhibition also offers the possibility to admire some of the pictures painted by Gaya during his stay in Italy as well to remember the ties that united the painter with that country, since, in 1952, visited for the first time.

The Instituto Cervantes in Rome can be works as a portrait of the artist's father, painted in Murcia in 1926, and Naked piece with which in 1927 won a scholarship from Murcia City to travel to Paris, with artists Pedro Flores and Luis Garay, plus books and magazines illustrated by him, his diaries and letters, posters, photographs of his youth and training, your membership card from the Prado Museum, newspaper articles, poems, manuscripts, and, as a curiosity, Siani A model of the ship in which Ramon Gaya was exiled to Mexico.

Also exhibit various palettes, bowls and glasses used by the painter for work, and his glasses, brushes and rods.

Artist of the inner essence

In the opening ceremony, Mayor House has said that "we gather to commemorate the birth centenary of the author, with this great show that culminates a year-studded shows and conferences, tributes and retrospectives, publications that have portrayed the intense Gaya life. "

Miguel Angel House also added that this exhibition is "another recognition that we add to the Favorite Son of Murcia, awarded in 1980, and the award of the Gold Medal of the City, in 2002, awarded by the City Council which I chair."

Among which awards the prestigious Velázquez, given to the characters who have helped make history.

"And on this day, and in this city he loved the painter, now write and draw a new chapter in the exciting career of the teacher," concluded the Mayor.

Moreover, the president of Cajamurcia, Carlos Egea, has indicated that Cajamurcia Foundation has always participated in organized activities to publicize the work and figure of Ramon Gaya and, together with the city of Murcia, have organized exhibitions different parts of Spain and major European cities like Rome, Paris, Lisbon, London and Naples. "

Admirer and well acquainted with the work of Gaya, who shared a deep friendship, Carlos Egea said in his speech that the operator of Murcia is one of the most independent and original artist has given the Spanish scene in recent times, defined as "the painter of light and the inner essence, the author of a painting serene flowing and excited, made of water, earth and light."

Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia

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