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Casa-Museo Antonio Padrón in Gáldar, Gran Canaria
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📍 Gáldar·~27 km from Santa Catalina

🖌️ Casa-Museo Antonio Padrón

The work and studio of Antonio Padrón, “the painter of the Canarian countryside”, in Gáldar.

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Key facts

~27

kilometres · from Santa Catalina

~31

minutes

Approx. by road from Parque Santa Catalina, without traffic: actual time depends on traffic and the pickup point.

Suggested visit: 45–60 minutes

Museum · Gáldar

Official website: antoniopadron.grancanaria.com

Opening hours, closing days and tickets change: check them on the official website before you go.

The Casa-Museo Antonio Padrón – Centro de Arte Indigenista (Centre for Indigenist Art) is devoted to the painter Antonio Padrón (Gáldar 1920–1968) and to Canarian indigenism. It opened in 1971 and the Cabildo acquired it in 1981.

It brings together two buildings: the painter's studio, a regionalist-style pavilion from 1947, and the family home, of rationalist design.

What to see

  • Padrón's work, from his studies to Piedad, which he left unfinished
  • The permanent collection of Canarian indigenist art
  • The painter's reconstructed studio
  • The staircase murals and the garden of exotic plants

Location

Calle Capitán Quesada 3, Gáldar (north of Gran Canaria).

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