Casa-Museo Alfonso Ariza
House and studio of the artist Alfonso Ariza in La Rambla, turned into a contemporary art museum with his work and his wife’s ceramics.
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About the museum
The Casa-Museo Alfonso Ariza occupies the house and studio of the artist and his wife at 39 Calle Santaella in La Rambla. Alfonso Ariza Moreno (La Rambla, 1920–1998) named the town council as heir to his estate and wrote that the house should become a museum so that his work would last and be known to everyone.
The museum holds a substantial legacy that shows the career of a versatile artist. Ariza began with classical realism, with portraits, still lifes and landscapes, and from the 1950s turned towards abstraction. His output includes oil paintings, watercolours and inks, textured paintings with earth and glass, assemblages with fabric, rope or metal, drawings, ceramics and wrought ironwork in small and large formats. The traditional ceramics of his wife, Antonia Carballo, which they called “la ramblesco”, are also on display.
The building has several rooms with a selection of the work, the studio, rooms for periodic exhibitions and a large central courtyard where the larger wrought-iron sculptures stand. Since 1997 the museum has hosted the Beca Alfonso Ariza, a scholarship in clay sculpture, and today the artist’s name is borne by the contemporary culture event “Aptitudes”.
Highlights
- House and studio of the artist Alfonso Ariza (1920–1998)
- Textured paintings, assemblages, drawings and ceramics
- Wrought-iron sculptures in the central courtyard
- Traditional “la ramblesco” ceramics by Antonia Carballo
- Preserved studio and rooms for periodic exhibitions
Permanent exhibition
- Obra de Alfonso Ariza – Selection of his work in several rooms: figurative and abstract painting, textured painting, assemblages, drawings, ceramics and wrought iron, with the studio and the sculpture courtyard.
- Operated by
- Ayuntamiento de La Rambla
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Getting there & parking
The museum is at 39 Calle Santaella; the La Rambla tourist office is on Calle Arco de la Villa.
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Plan your visit
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| Good to know | Visits by prior booking at the tourist office (957 682 712) or at the museum (957 682 755); educational visits for schoolchildren are available. |
