Real Fundación de Toledo
You probably didn’t come to Toledo to see contemporary art, but this impressive space is well worth a visit. It is housed in Roca Tarpeya, the home and studio of Victorio Macho, one of Spain’s finest 20th-century sculptors. Macho fled at the outbreak of the Civil War and made his name in Latin America. When the Franco regime began courting expatriate artists, he moved back to Toledo in 1953 to build a home and studio on a dramatic rock outcrop over the Río Tajo, just 150m from the Sinagoga del Tránsito. Following his death in 1966, the beautiful site was donated to the city as a museum.
The foundation works to preserve his legacy and promote Toledan arts and culture in general. Permanent exhibits include Macho’s striking bronze and stone busts of society figures and a new gallery dedicated to the evocative blocks of color of Toledo-born Rafael Canogar, one of the most influential Spanish artists of the past 50 years. A garden terrace has fabulous views across the river and the San Martín bridge.
You probably didn’t come to Toledo to see contemporary art, but this impressive space is well worth a visit. It is housed in Roca Tarpeya, the home and studio of Victorio Macho, one of Spain’s finest 20th-century sculptors. Macho fled at the outbreak of the Civil War and made his name in Latin America. When the Franco regime began courting expatriate artists, he moved back to Toledo in 1953 to build a home and studio on a dramatic rock outcrop over the Río Tajo, just 150m from the Sinagoga del Tránsito. Following his death in 1966, the beautiful site was donated to the city as a museum.
The foundation works to preserve his legacy and promote Toledan arts and culture in general. Permanent exhibits include Macho’s striking bronze and stone busts of society figures and a new gallery dedicated to the evocative blocks of color of Toledo-born Rafael Canogar, one of the most influential Spanish artists of the past 50 years. A garden terrace has fabulous views across the river and the San Martín bridge.
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