- Opened in 1963, the Zabaleta Museum is in the beautiful town of Quesada, the painter’s birthplace.
- It is a monographic gallery devoted to the renowned Jaén artist, where we can see a varied selection of his artistic legacy.
- Having opened barely a few years after the painter’s death, the museum was refurbished in 1992.
- Besides the work of Rafael Zabaleta, the museum’s galleries hold paintings by masters such as Picasso, Miralles, Miró and Tàpies, who paid tribute to Rafael by donating their works.
More about this place…
Rafael Zabaleta Fuentes (1907-1960) is one of the most important Jaén artists of the 20th century. Of a marked Expressionist style, some of his works hang in museums as prestigious as those of Buenos Aires, New York and Tokyo. Most of his legacy, however, is in his home town, Quesada. There, in the museum named after him, a monographic exhibition of his work is on show, with 114 oil paintings, 11 watercolours and 500 drawings.
