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Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Gran Canaria

Calle Lentini
(Teatro Pérez Galdós)

Medallones en la fachada del Teatro Pérez Galdós

Medallions on the facade of Teatro Perez Galdos

Los Cuatros Musas
The Four Muses

Oscar Alvariño
2007

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria / Medallones en la fachada del Teatro Pérez Galdós

Description

Four medaillons on the front façade of the Theatre depict the four muses with their names:

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Medallones en la fachada del Teatro Pérez Galdós
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talia - Thalia, muse of comedy
terpiscore - Terpsichore, muse of dance.
euterpe, muse of song and elegiac poetry.
erato, muse of lytic poetry.

Las Palmas de Gran Canaria - Medallones en la fachada del Teatro Pérez Galdós

Artist

Oscar Alvariño Belinchón (Madrid 1962), Spanish sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Juan Álvarez Lasso, Bustos, esculturas y monumentos en la ciudad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Primera parte (2011) (on-line), p. 343-344.
La Estrella que nos guia, Esculturas de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (3a parte).

Location (N 28°6'12" - W 15°24'49") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: esca126; Photograph: 7 January 2015
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