Hoping we shall develop Canadian feeling, modern, yet timeless. It is absolutely stunning! Terrasse Nelligan (106 Rue Saint Paul, Montreal), http://terrassenelligan.com/home/ your favorite terrasse, happens located in the heart of Old Montreal. The views are amazing, and they have amazing fish tacos. Here you will discover their different summer menu options, developed by our renowned chef, Anthony Joyce. Cocktails? Don’t …
Read More »LAWREN HARRIS (1885/1970), CANADIAN PAINTER – Between Art Nouveau And Abstract Art.
When you stop signing works, so that people would judge works on their own merit. He is best known as a member the “Group of Seven”, who pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. In 1919, he financed boxcar trips for the artists to the Algoma region, painting in areas such as the Montreal River and …
Read More »THE GREAT ESCAPE – PatrickWatson / When it’s difficult to find a name, having an eclectic music style.
Starting to do some music to accompany a book of photography. Montreal is the most populous municipality in the Canadian province of Quebec. Among its notable people, you can find a special songwriter. It’s named after Mount Royal (a hill, in the heart of the city). Many archaeological evidence, demonstrates that First Nations native people occupied the island of Montreal …
Read More »FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE MEDITERRANEAN – Five shades of Spanish creativity.
5 artists, 19 tapas y 500 vinos: a Spanish dream. In Santander, most of the 1,200 objects on display in Flavióbriga Museum date from the period between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Iron Age (but you can admire also items from the Roman era, mostly from Julióbriga and Castro Urdiales (the ancient Flavióbriga). Over 3,000 square metres, it aims to …
Read More »TRAVELING IN THE NORTHERN SPAIN – A creative journey, with five cities in twenty images.
No matter the trip, as long as the horizon is vast. Traveling Spain, http://www.tourspain.org/ never forget that the creativity of the inhabitants of an terrestrial latitude and longitude it’swrapped in flavors, smells and atmospheres, books and poems, songs and paintings. Everything is useful to tune emotionally to culture. That’s why, when you decide to visit this land, you should also …
Read More »TESTAMENT IN PRAGUE – Teresa Pà mies / An alive witness of the Spanish Civil war, and the Republican’s exile.
The spring of Prague, a sign and a dream. It is located by the river Segre, a tributary to the Ebre. Balaguer is in Catalonia. The town has a Gothic bridge over the Segre river, destroyed during the Spanish Civil War in the battle of “Cap de Pont”, rebuilt after the war. Another Gothic building is the Santa Maria Church, …
Read More »SING TO LIBERTY – José Antonio Labordeta / The singer-songwriter who used concerts to express what censorship impeded in print and television.
Songwriter, but poetry was a passion all his life. Its San Pedro Cathedral, is of the finest examples of Romanesque architecture in Spain. Jaca, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BCd0BlF6pc the city with it’s stone walls, buildings and cobblestone streets it was the capital of Aragon until 1097. The surrounding mountains provide you a reflection of the extraordinary landscape of the Pyrenees. Dont forget: is …
Read More »ANGELES SANTOS TORROELLA (1911/2013), SPANISCH PAINTER – Catalan artist whose first masterpieces later gave way to a more conventional style.
A creativity in the balance between originality and conventionality. In Costa Brava, Portbou http://www.catalonia-valencia.com/portbou-travel-guide.html is a town with a special seafaring tradition. Its peculiar location turned this town into one of the main points of access into Spain. Its fishing port sits on a sunny coastal valley. Its historic quarter is surrounded by coastal hills and slopes covered with vegetation. …
Read More »MARIA BLANCHARD (1881/1932), SPANISH CUBIST PAINTER – Discovering Cubism, influenced by artists like Juan Gris.
Painting images extremely expressive and sometimes, even intimidating. In Santander, most of the 1,200 objects on display in Flavióbriga Museum date from the period between the Upper Palaeolithic and the Iron Age (but you can admire also items from the Roman era, mostly from Julióbriga and Castro Urdiales (the ancient Flavióbriga). Over 3,000 square metres, it aims to show the …
Read More »THE SOLO GUITARIST WHO BEGAN PERFORMING AS A BOY – Sabicas / The man that brought his art to concert halls and theaters.
Playing guitar at the age of five, performing debut two years later. It’s walls have a perimeter of 5 kilometres, which an evocative walk around the city, one of the most interesting and best conserved fortifications in Spain. You’re in Navarre, on the fertile Spanish plain of the river Arga sits Pamplona, a city full of history and deep-rooted traditions …
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