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Christian Honerkamp – Artist from Lanzarote

Christian Honerkamp is a unique artist living and working on Lanzarote since 1993. He has studied Fashion Design in Bielefeld and once finished he never stopped looking for new inspiration. Therefore he gathered knowledge as costume designer in various TV and Theatre productions in the years 1987 till 1989. Before finding his long term center of life on the island of Lanzarote he worked also in Fashion Design and Costume Design jobs.
The colors of the volcanoes and the colorful marine life around the unique island of Lanzarote is reflected in Christians work. Powerful underwater pictures, romantic heart series, Angel wings and impacting volcano landscapes will fead your imagination.

The artist’s technique include ink, gold leaf on cardboard as well as acrylic paint with picón (lava ash) on linen.

His gallery is open for visits every Sunday from 14h to 18h in Tinguatón. Stop by and soak up the energy of his pictures and get one for your own walls back home. Christian also does lovely unique jewelery.

You can also ring Christian and make a date in his gallery if you cannot make it on a Sunday afternoon.

Christian designs also custom made signs for businesses. Just get in touch and tell him about your idea.

Atelier

SUN 2pm-6pm or by appointment

 Tinguatón 19 – 35560 – Mancha Blanca – Tinajo Lanzarote

 +34 679 771 661

 www.honerkamp.es

 honerkamp.arte

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César Manrique

César Manrique is Lanzarote, Lanzarote is César Manrique

This sentence is the beginning of the text about César Manrique in the Müller‘s tourist guide about Lanzarote – and if you are on the island, you will quickly notice how correct this is…

Life

There are only a few others that shaped the island of Lanzarote as much as the artist César Manrique. Manrique was, among other things, committed to continue the development of Lanzarote in the traditional style and to abstain from buildings that are higher than an adult palm.This measure has largely kept away the mass tourism from Lanzarote and Lanzarote was not plastered with hotels.

César Manrique was born on 24 April 1919 in Arrecife, Lanzarote. He went to school in Lanzarote and graduated to a civil engineer degree at the University of La Laguna in Tenerife. In 1945 he attended the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando in Madrid, where he earned champion for drawing and painting in 1950. In 1964, Manrique was awarded a scholarship from the International Institute of Art Education for the study of American art in the United States. But in 1968 he returned to Lanzarote and as an old family friend, Pepin Ramirez, was president of the island’s government, Manrique’s ideas had an influential supporter and Manrique was able to convert most of his proposals.

On 25th of September 1992 César Manrique was killed in a traffic accident close to his fundación in Tahiche.

Jameos del Agua Cesár ManriqueWorks
1968 – JAMEOS DEL AGUA, Haría, Lanzarote
1968 – MONUMENTO AL CAMPESINO, Mozaga, Lanzarote
1968 – TARO DE TAHÍCHE/Fundación, Teguise, Lanzarote
1969 – CASA – MUSEO DEL CAMPESINO, San Bartolomé, Lanzarote
1970 – RESTAURANTE EL DIABLO, Parque Nacional de Timanfaya, Lanzarote
1973 – MIRADOR DEL RÍO, Haría, Lanzarote
1974 – CASTILLO „SAN JOSÉ“, MUSEO INTERNACIONAL DE ARTE CONTEMPORÁNEO, Arrecife, Lanzarote
1977 – AUDITORIO DE LOS JAMEOS DEL AGUA, Haría, Lanzarote

1990 – JARDÍN DE CACTUS, Teguise, Lanzarote

Manrique’s traces can be discovered in many streets and squares of the island
– especially in the roundabouts you come across his sculptures and wind chimes again and again.

Other works outside of Lanzarote
1971 – COMPLEJO Visiting Museums, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife
1982 – LA Vaguada (Dirección Artística), Madrid
1989 – MIRADOR DE LA PEÑA, Valverde, El Hierro
1990 – BMW ART CAR
1991 – Mirador del Palmarejo, Valle Gran Rey, La Gomera
1992 – Playa Jardin, Puerto de la Cruz, Tenerife

The former home of César Manrique in Haría was opened as a museum in 2013.

Since most works of Manrique are large visitor attractions, it is advisable -in case you travel alone- to visit these in the afternoon, as the large tour groups have usually already been gone.

If you plan to visit several properties of Manrique, it is advisable to buy tickets for 4 to 6 visits which are offered by the Centro de Arte, Cultura y Turismo. You can buy them at every sight at the cash desks.
Museum César Manrique’s house in Haría

Museum César Manrique’s house in Haría

The former residence of architect and artist César Manrique in Haría, where he spent the last few years until his sudden death, has been a popular tourist attraction for locals and tourists since 2013.
It offers you a good insight into the life of the famous artist, who played a major role in the painting of the island of Lanzarote.
Since 2013, this building, ” César Manrique’s house ” also known as the Palm House, has been a museum.

César Manrique's houseAlready in 1986 he started to design and build this property.
He renovated this old and run-down farmhouse, which he had already bought in the 1970s and created the surrounding area by keeping the natural atmosphere as lively as possible.
His modern visions of aesthetics and comfort have been combined with traditional architecture.
Unfortunately, Manrique could only experience the place until his accidental death in 1992, near the Fundacion Cesar Manrique in Tahiche.

Today the César Manrique’s house in Haría offers us the opportunity to immerse ourselves in the life of this famous artist for a while.
You can move freely through the rooms and also a part of the palm garden is accessible for visitors.

Most of the furniture and things that César Manrique used during his work as an artist are exactly as he had left them on the day of his death on September 25, 1992. The whole property – house, the atelier and the garden, separated from it, convey a particularly quiet and cosy atmosphere.
In the workshop where the artist painted back then, the original scenario can be seen.
Colours, tables with drawings, easels and unfinished paintings were stored as César Manrique left them.

There are also many information materials about César Manrique’s work and his extraordinary life.
A very interesting film shows deep insights into his special character.
It is therefore advisable to allow sufficient time during a visit to the César Manrique Museum.

Opening hours and entrance fees

The César Manrique Museum in Haria is open daily, except on public holidays.
open from 10:30 a.m. to 18:00 p.m.
Last admission at 5:30 pm

Admission: 10 €
Children up to 12 years: 1 €
Combination + César Manrique Foundation in Tahíche: 15€

Available at the Residence – Museum (Haría)
and at the César Manrique Foundation (Tahíche)

Phone: +34 928 843 138
webpage of César Manrique’s house in Haría

It is not allowed to take pictures inside the house / museum of César Manrique in Haría.

Ticket price for children under 12 years: 1€

You can buy a combi-ticket and receive a discount for the foundation César Manrique in Tahiche and the house-museum in Haría.

MON-SUN 10:30am-6pm

 Calle Elvira Sánchez, 30, 35520 Haría, Las Palmas

 +34 928 84 31 38

 www.fcmanrique.org

 fcm@fcmanrique.org