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House Museum of Jose Benlliure

House Museum of Jose Benlliure

Casa Museo Jose Benlliure
This beautiful museum was constructed in a classicist style in 1885.
It was acquired later by Jose Benlliure, who added a Mediterranean garden to it, using some elements of the demolished convent of San Francisco. The house recreates the bourgeois life of the end of the XIX. It has been perfectly renovated and restored, maintaining much of the original garden and features.
It now houses paintings, sculptures, drawings and pieces of ceramics that were not only admired, but also made by Jose Benlliure, Mariano his brother and his son Peppino, as well as works of Sorolla, Muñoz Degrain and other artists.

House Museum of Concha Piquer

a life in valencia House Museum of Concha Piquer 1

La Casa-Museo Concha is the house where Concha Piquer was born.
On the ninety-fifth anniversary of her birth (Valencia, 1906-Madrid, 1990), Valencia City Council paid tribute to the memory of the famous artist from Valencia and created La Casa-Museo Concha Piquer dedicated to her and her life.
The house rises on a rectangular surface with windows and recayentes balconies to the street of Ruaya and to the street of the Nugget. The ground floor is  a diaphanous room with a permanent exhibition of abundant graphical documentation, personal items, material objects, records, close memories detailing her life. Audiovisual displays  have also been especially [...]

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