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The museum increases its collection with a painting of Agustín Colchón

Today, the Delegate of Culture, Pepa Vela, and the Director of the Museum, Jesús Romero, gave thanks Agustín Colchón publicly for the donation  of his work “Arquillo del Reloj”.

This work belongs to the temporary exhibition “Aquí desde aquí. Chiclana en perspectivas”, and as result, it will also be part of the museum's heritage.

Last Tuesday 24th of May, was presented the book “El palpitante animal de la tristeza” written by the poetess Maria Zambrano. This was the last activity belonging to the exhibition “Los siglos de oro y muchos más”.

The event started with an impeccable discourse made by the poet Ricardo Bermejo. The author of the book, Josela Maturana, recited some of her poems, a selection which gathered some poems of the first part, “La caza”, and the second one “La taxidermia”.

A portrait of Frasquita Larrea, painted by the local artist Francisco José Cabillas, has been donated to the Museum. The delegate of Cultura Pepa Vela, the director of the Museum, Jesús Romero and the author of the work, Francisco José Cabillas, attended the media just in the place where, from now on, will be exposed this portrait.

It should be recorded that Frasquita Larrea (Cádiz 1775-Puerto de Santa María 1838), lived the most of her time in Chiclana, where she was influenced by the romantic Germans and the feminist thought of Mary Wollstonecraft.