Starting from March 24, there is a special painting exhibition underway at the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engravings, Bazan Hospital. Both the Municipal Delegation of Culture and Education, and the Museum are jointly organising the event.

The exhibition, which will continue till April 24^th, features paintings from a private collection that have been temporarily placed at the museum for display. It’s a travelogue created by the renowned Scottish artist and painter David Roberts (1796-1864) in his journey to Egypt in the spring of 1838.

He portrays a journey to the East after covering France, Italy, Malta and the Greek islands of Delos and Crete, to land at Alexandria on September 24 of that year, accompanied on the last leg of the voyage Mediterranean by a large group of Muslim pilgrims on their way to Mecca.

The trip, relatively long time, taking into account the means and conditions of the time, took him to visit Egypt from north to south along the Nile until they reached the second cataract, in the region of Nubia, and return by the same route to Cairo, where he remained from November to February next year when he went to the Sinai peninsula, heading for Jerusalem.

On his way, he witnessed the splendour of ancient Rome in the East and produced a vast collection of drawings and watercolour sketches. In collaboration with lithographer Louis Haghe from 1842 to 1849, Robert produced a total of 247 lithographs in six volumes that also constitute pictures of the Holy Land, Syria, Idumea, Arabia and Nubia.

Location: Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engravings. Bazan Hospital s / n
Contact: 952 76 57 41
Exhibition period: From Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 until Saturday, April 24th, 2010 – 14:00

The Museum of Engraving, located in Marbella’s historic city centre, has opened registration for the workshop ‘Drypoint on acetate and methacrylate’ to be conducted next Saturday, March 20th, from 10.30. The Marbella Town Hall announced it in a recent press statement.

Organised through the municipal delegation of Culture and Higher Education, this activity is targeted to all interested in acquiring new skills, fun and artistic knowledge. It is also mentioned that families with children from 3 years old (children under 7 years must be accompanied by an adult).

Professional artist Ana Ortiz Alonso, who holds a Fine Arts Degree specializing in sculpture from the University of Granada in 2002 will taught the basics of various art forms. Today his works spans several branches of art, including painting, drawing, pottery, art and prints, besides his interest in various artistic techniques like chalcographic techniques.

All participants will perform their own works and may take them home. The workshop also supports and promotes works using acetate and methacrylate through the technique of drypoint.

Key information

To facilitate the management of this project, interested persons must complete an application form and pay a fee of 8 € per person. This should be addressed to the headquarters of the Museum of Contemporary Spanish Engravings until Friday March 19 at 14.00.

For more information please contact in the telephone number: 952 76 57 41 or e-mail at mjmontanes@mgec.es