Gravina Museum of Fine Arts (Mubag) in Alicante 2023 ends with nearly 3,000 works in the funds of his collection. A number that last three yearsin the new era under the management Jorge Solerincreased thanks to donations from families or individualsthose who saw it in the museum A safe address you can trust for your business of your art.
In the last three years almost about twenty donationstotal of about three hundred works new and this has already become a part museum propertyIt is affiliated with the Provincial Council of Alicante. These consist of a mosaic of pieces by artists who were born in Alicante or developed their careers in this region. From the 17th century to the presentSince Soler joined the museum art window It is aimed at creators with a consolidated career between the 80s and 2000, and three of these new works belong to: María Chana, Javier Lorenzo and Elena Aguilera.
However, the new era began with a 1935 portrait by Emilio Varela. Fine Millet It was donated by his children, including the artist Javier Pastor, who handed over one of his works. The museum already preserves 85 frames But only four of them are portraits by Varela, so this chapter “increases his role as a less developed and known portraitist,” he notes. Maria GazabatA technique from Mubag Collections adds: other cases combined for the first time Artists add to museum collections, as the painter from Villena did. Sunday Gimeno (1909-1978), three portraits and one still life donated by his nephew; The twelve paintings of José Antonio Serna Ramos (Alicante, 1927-Valencia, 2011), a member of the last School of Paris, were gifted by his son Esdras and included for the first time in the collection, and two of the works of collectors such as Enrique Cosín (Soria, 1912-Monóvar, 1995). his work Emilio Martínez and Vicente Hernández; or five paintings by international artist Juan Navarro Ramón (Altea, 1903-Sitges, 1989) participating in the exhibition 1937 Paris Exhibition Along with Picasso and Miró, he only has one work in the collection so far.
The oldest piece 17th century, corresponds to either religious anonymous pictures donated by sisters angleTwo more works, currently under restoration, will soon join the collection of 19th-century paintings, thanks to a donation from the Sánchez Mateo family: self portrait young Joaquín Agrasot (Orihuela, 1836-Valencia, 1919) and gentleman portrait A little-known aspect of the sculptor from Alicante, Vicente Bañuls.
The most voluminous one is the one provided by. Ricardo Fuente Caamaño With 182 drawings by Alcoy artist Miguel Abad Miró91 of them are currently on display at Mubag, which came on temporary loan, and there are some unique ones, such as a modernist style sofaa series Women’s clothing from the late 19th century or work done Xavier Soler In 1967, he made a collage and five sketches on the wooden doors of the historical Camisería Benavent on Alicante Rambla.
Biography of the object
Jorge Soler emphasized that donations allow “Survival” in a work of art and the image of the owner “contributes to the biography of the object”, because “Every painting has a painter, but it also has the name of the owner of that painting.”. «Donation is a gesture recorded forever and Awareness that art is for everyone »The museum director states that all submitted works are not accepted unless they pass certain quality parameters.
Next exhibition in 2024
Cultural Deputy, Juan de Dios NavarroMany people consider it “a source of pride and prestige” Mubag as a reference and safe place where to handle things properly where there is so much going on love and generosity “They donate to us.” Navarro in June 2024 A wonderful exhibition featuring some of the donated pieces.