Painter, sculptor, painter, architect, landscaper, urbanist, environmentalist... César Manrique was each of these things and he mastered them all. "Before anything, I consider myself a painter". César Manrique and his first painting exhibition In 1942 he had his first painting exhibition in Arrecife. He was one of the pioneers of abstract art in Spain. In
All the interventions that he did in city planning or architecture, almost always included sculptor element. These sculptures did not have the continuity of "personal language". Manrique would think them according to the places where they would be placed. Each and every one of his sculptures has a different personality; one cannot detect a coherent
An very important part of César Manrique´s sculpture are his mobiles, which he called his Wind Toy. These are solid structures made from cast iron and sheet metal, they were made up of spheres, and circles, often establishing complicated opposing rotational movements. Manrique placed many of his Wind Toys, in different strategical sites all over
Who was Cèsar Manrique This question constituted during some time a topic of discussion, specially related with his architectural activity, of which some precise knowledge was denied to him. Cesar Manrique never entered in this game; he´d say about himself that he was an artist first and that he expressed himself at every moment with
The César Manrique Foundation is located in the studio-home that the artist lived in, situated in Taro de Tahiche (Lanzarote). It is probably the work that best represents Manrique's artistic and personal ideals. Built in 1968 on top of a volcanic trail from a volcanic eruption that occurred in 1730-36. It uses, in the lower
Son o Francisca and Gumersindo a typical middle class family originating from Fuerteventura. His father was a food merchant and his grandfather the notary. He also had a twin sister, another sister and a brother. Cèsar Manrique was schooled in Lanzarote He went on to study quantity surveying in Tenerife at La Laguna University, he
Work is nearly completed inside the villa, we have now started to screed the top patio area and removed parts of the old pool walls so that we can widen the new rectangular pool.
Aplying Fibreglass Finish to Swimming Pools First the rendered pool surface must be thoroughly cleaned of any dust or debris. We then apply a coat of diluted resin that will soak into the pool surface to create a good bond for the fibreglass to adhere to. Extra care must be take to the swimming pool
The job is now finished, all painting completed, picon in the flowerbeds and Tony is filling the first swimming pool at 3-2.
Fibreglassing of pools in Bahia Azul now finished.
