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CLUES GAME
 CAU FERRAT MUSEUM
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Santiago Rusiñol was meant to continue the family tradition and become a prosperous textile manufacturer, but he changed that to enter the world of art and ended up becoming a unique figure.
Santiago Rusiñol arrived in Sitges in 1891 and decided to settle in his house-workshop.
What do you think that the Cau Ferrat Museum was before being Santiago Rusiñol’s house-workshop? *
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The entrance hall. Santiago Rusiñol was a painter, a writer and, a great collector.
What was collected by Santiago Rusiñol? *
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The Pencil Band
Music is a very present art in this house. The Pencil Band was a group of friends that played in the local festivals. Could you tell us how many wind instruments you see in this band? *
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The kitchen-dining room is the largest space on the ground floor. Often, Rusiñol read to his Sitges friends that were sitting around the fireplace, fragments of the literary work he was writing.
Find this object in the room
Can you tell us what they used it for? *
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Rusiñol liked collecting ceramics.  You will find his portrait in some dishes in this room. Specifically, this one is called a platter, that is, an oval-shaped dish, usually larger than a normal plate, in which certain meals are served at the table.
Could you tell us where you can see one of these in this room? *
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The Fountain Room, the most lively and brightest room of the Cau Ferrat, owes its name to the gothic fountain that's in the center. Originally, this fountain was in the old yard of the El Vinyet Hermitage (Sitges).
Rusiñol was a great traveler. Around this idea, you will find four paintings that refer to these trips. Look at them well and say which painting you would like to hang at home and why? *
Santiago Rusiñol was also a great writer. In this room, you have one of his best-known works "L' auca del senyor Esteve"
Rusiñol has incorporated many elements of his life in this work where he talks about the clash between businessmen and artists. Finally the art triumphs and the industrialists' yield. Could you tell us who was the author of these drawings? *
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The office is the room of his memories par excellence.
In this room, you will always find a bouquet of fresh flowers. It is the tribute that the "Senyores del Ram" (The Bouquet Ladies) offer to Santiago Rusiñol since the year of his death, 1931.
Under the portrait of Santiago Rusiñol, you will find 5 works by one of the best-known artists of the History of Art. Write his name. *
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You will also find a piano. The best musicians of the time were friends of Rusiñol. We invite you to close your eyes and listen to this video ...
You have just heard "Nights in the Gardens of Spain" that Manuel de Falla composed in this room. Could you tell us which of these instruments you have heard after the violin? *
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Room and Alcove
The Luminist School of Sitges wanted to capture the vibrant light of the Sitges scenery in their paintings. In this room, you will find two works that show this. Could you tell us the name of the artist who painted them? *
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Now go upstairs. You will see the Great Hall that occupies the same space as all the rooms on the ground floor together.
What does this hall remind you of? *
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Santiago Rusiñol liked the paintings from El Greco, an artist born in Crete in the 16th century.  When he opened his Cau Ferrat, in 1894, he bought two works from El Greco in Paris and brought them in a procession, on horseback, from the station down to where you can see them now.
Locate these two paintings and write their titles. *
Rusiñol liked collecting wrought iron objects. From here comes the name of Cau Ferrat, a place full of iron. How do you say the person who works with the iron? In the middle of the room, you will find one. *
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In this Great Hall you will see many portraits made by Rusiñol, some more anecdotal than others, but perhaps the best example of friendship with Ramon Casas is this.
What are Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas doing? *
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On the altar of this Art Temple created by Santiago Rusiñol, he placed three great triangular-shaped paintings that refer to his great passions.
Look at them carefully and tell us what they were. *
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Santiago Rusiñol died painting landscapes in Aranjuez.
Look closely at this video and say which artist paints a caricature of Rusiñol. *
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 Santiago Rusiñol was a modern man, a creator of the Catalan Modernism (Arts and Crafts) who fused all the arts and left for us, in Sitges, his beloved Cau Ferrat. WE THANK YOU RUSIÑOL !!!
We hope you liked this game. When you finish you can go out through the LA PUNTUAL shop. THANK YOU AND SEE YOU SOON!!!!
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