Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

In the façade of the Municipal Museum are placed then busts on pedestals in the bays between the pilasters: seven face the Calle José Murphy and three the Calle Ruiz de Padrón.

Calle José Murphy
sculpted by Eduardo Tarquis and placed in 1935.

viera y clavijo José Viera y Clavijo (Los Realejos, Tenerife, 1731 - Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1813) Spanish ecclesiastic, historian, botanist, ethnographer, and professor, best known for his exhaustive History of the Canary Islands (Historia de Canarias) (Wikipedia).

angel guimera Ángel Guimerà i Jorge (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1845 - Barcelona 1924) Catalan writer (Wikipedia).

bethencourt molina Agustín de Betancourt y Molina (Puerto de la Cruz 1758 - St. Petersburg 1824) Spanish engineer, who worked in Spain, France and Russia; supervised planning and construction in Saint Petersburg, Kronstadt, Nizhny Novgorod and other Russian cities (Wikipedia).

villalba hervas Miguel Villalba Hervás (La Orotava 1837 - Madrid 1899) Spanish politician, lawyer, journalist, historian and Mason (Wikipedia).

antonio di viana Antonio de Viana (La Laguna 1578 - c. 1650) Spanish historian, doctor and poet (Wikipedia).

juan de iriarte Juan de Iriarte y Cisneros (La Orotava [Puerto de la Cruz] 1702 - Madrid 1771) Spanish Hellenist, Latinist, bibliographer, lexicographer and poet (Wikipedia).

teobaldo power Teobaldo Power y Lugo-Viña (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1848 - Madrid 1884) Spanish composer, music pedagogue, organist and pianist (Wikipedia).

Calle Ruiz de Padrón
sculpted by Compañ (according to his biography on Gestor he sculpted all the busts).

nicolas estévanez Nicolás Estévanez Murphy (Las Palmas de Gran Canaria 1838 - Paris 1914) Spanish poet, soldier and politician, represented Santa Cruz in parliament (Wikipedia).

tomas de iriarte Tomás de Iriarte y Nieves Ravelo (Puerto de la Cruz 1750 - Madrid 1791) Spanish fable writer, translator, playwright and poet of the Enlightenment and Neoclassicism (Wikipedia).

valentin sanz Valentín Sanz Carta (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1849 - New York 1898) Spanish painter (Biography).

The entrance is flanked by symbols of sculpture and painting

Sculpture

Painting

Sculptors

• Guzman José Compañ Zamorano (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1878 - 1944) Canarian sculptor (Biography)
  
• Eduardo Tarquis Rodríguez (Santa Cruz de Tenerife 1882 - id. 1948), painter and sculptor (Biography).

Sources & Information

• Gestor Patrimonio Cultural: Santa Cruz de Tenerife: Bienes Muebles: Escultura (sub Homenaje a La Lechera).

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