SITGES ANUAL MAGAZINE 2017 / 18

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I think Sitges has everything except Cadaqués, there is no other town that h a s t h e t ra d i t i o n a n d t h e h i s to r y t h at i t h a s a r t i s t i ca l l y, b e ca u s e a l t h o u g h Ramón Casas, Rusiñol and Utrillo were the ones who blow up, they already came because here there were a series of very good painters, there was a school that was called the “Luminist” and that was before them, there was Mas and Fondevila, Roig Soler, and when you see his painting you say ... How could you paint that light in a painting? The most popular painting that has been painted in Sitges was painted by Roig Soler. The light that Sitges has is special. Then comes Charles Deering an American millionaire and Utrillo and Casas convinced him to do everything that is today Palau Maricel and the Museums, which part was a Hospital that Deering bought and turned it into his house. Are you satisfied abouth how Sitges holds the world of artists? Well, it could be treated better, because here there is an intellectual potential with an artistic base that it has not been taken the potential advantage yet, because I know many countries and I have been very often in Salzburg in Austria which is a wonderful city and you go in winter and

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