The Cau Ferrat Museum, created by the artist and writer Santiago Rusiñol (1861-1931) to preserve his collections of wroughtironwork and art, is located in two old houses that were acquiredin 1893-1894 and converted into thehome-studio with the collaboration ofarchitect Francesc Rogent (1861-1898).
The ground floor of the building preserves the characteristics of vernaculararchitecture, which contrasts with themodernista Neo-Gothic Great Hall on
the first floor.
It opened in 1894 and Rusiñol lived thereon a regular basis during the last decadeof the 19th century, painting and writing many of the symbolist works he isremembered for, such as Oracions (1897),Fulls de la Vida (1898) and L’alegria quepassa (1898). The Festes Modernistes andother activities in which artists, writers

Santiago Rusiñol.
The girl with the carnations(Teresa Mirabent Planas)(1893)

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Each of the items displayed at Cau Ferrat evokes a passage fromthe artistic biography of Rusiñol. Outstanding at the Museum are
the collections of ancient art (wrought iron, painting –El Greco–,ceramics, glasswork, archaeology, sculpture and furniture). Themodern art section features paintings by Rusiñol, Casas, M. Utrillo,Picasso, R. Pichot, A. Mas i Fondevila, I. Zuloaga, D. de Regoyos, W.
Degouwe de Nucques and sculptures by E. Clarasó, M. Hugué, P.
Gargallo and G. Violet.
The artist left Cau Ferrat to Sitges
in his will ‘for the love I have always
felt for this town’. Converted into apublic museum (1933) it has kept
the spirit of its founder alive in theway it honours all forms of total art.

Doménikos Theotokópoulos,
El Greco. Mary Magdalene penitent(c. 1590)

1. Entrance hall. S. Rusiñol, The girl with the carnation (Teresa Mirabent Planas) (1893), The El Pensil
band (1893), Portrait of the painter Pere Ferran (1894); Abandoned palace, Andalusian-style drawings(1898). M. Utrillo, J. Llimona, R. Pichot; R. Casas, Wagon drawn by eight mules (1889). Writing desk,16th-17th centuries.

62. Kitchen-dining room. Fireplace framed by a Gothic stone window frame, from the former castleof Sitges. Helmets belonging to the French and German armies (1914-1918). M. Hugué, Maternity (c.
1897.1900); G. Violet Two women carrying fruit and Kneeling woman, (c. 1905). Ceramic work from
Paterna, Talavera, Manises and Villafeliche (14th-17th centuries).

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3. Fountain room. Baptismal font from the Vinyet shrine (15th century ), with sculpture by P. Gargallo, Cockerel weathervane (1931). R. Casas- G. Alomar, Rhyming couplets from ‘L’Auca del Senyor
Esteve’ (1907). S. Rusiñol, Montmartre Cemetery (1891), The Courtyard of Tereseta (1891), Interior ofthe Palace of Víznar (1898), Holy Thursday at Pollença (1902); R. Casas, Female nude in foreshortened
perspective and Nude with guitar (1894). Glass cabinets with archaeological mainly in terracotta andglass from Ibiza, among other sites. Modernist stained glass windows (1893).

7224. Office. Bernareggi piano, played by E. Morera and M. de Falla, among others. Copper and enamel plaque with the title of Adopted Son of Sitges (1913); wrought-iron and silver laurels awardedin at the Homage to Catalonia (Sitges, 1926). S. Rusiñol, Monogram (1897); A. Mas i Fondevila, F.
Zandomeneghi, D. de Regoyos, M. Utrillo, Portrait of Suzanne Valadon or Memory of the seven-years’war (1891); A. Camarassa, Picasso, I, Nonell, M. Hugué, R. Casas, W. Degouwe de Nuncques, M. T.
Muller; E. Clarasó, Travelling the world (sculpture).

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5. Room. J. de Miró, La Punta in Sitges, The waterwheel (1895).
6. Alcove. R. Pichot, Portrait of Santiago Rusiñol as a knight with his hand on his breast (1897); LluísBonnín.

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7. Staircase. R. Casas, Gipsy of Granada; S. Rusiñol, Ramon Canudas, on his sickbed (1892); Girl ofSitges (Portrait of Rosa Muntané Sardà) (1895).
Great Hall
Around the Great Hall the collection of wrought iron is displayed on wooden panels and panoplies,
together with the collection of ancient and modern painting.

88. Loggia. S. Rusiñol, Morphine (1894), The medal (1894); the allegories of Poetry, Music and Painting(1894) were painted specifically to be placed in the loggia.

77129. East façade R. Casas, Ball at the Moulin de la Galette (1891); S. Rusiñol and R. Casas, Painting
each other’s portraits (1890); S. Rusiñol, The bohemian (Portrait of Miquel Utrillo) (1890), SleeplessNight (Enric Clarasó) (1890), The sick Ramon Canudes (1892), The last prescription (1892-1893),
Miss McFlower (Portrait of Matilde Escalas) (1894), Miss Nantas (1894), Woman of Granada (1895);
Ecstasy (1897), copies of El Greco and Benozzo Gozzoli, made during his sojourn in Florence (1894).
Wrought iron: iron gate, 13th century; pair of ring door knockers (Consuegra).

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10. Maritime façade Japanese blind, 18th-19th centuries. Modernist stained glass windows (1894)
11. West façade Domeénikos Theotokopoulos, El Greco, The tears of Saint Peter (c. 1600), Mary
Magdalene Penitent (c. 1590); S. Rusiñol, Portrait of Carles Mani (1895), Prayer of Santa Cecilia deMontserrat (1896), Portrait of Modesto Sánchez Ortiz (1897); I. Zuloaga, Sharing out the wine (c.
1900); R. Pichot, Paris boulevard (1898-1901). Sicilian bed, wrought iron, 18th century; knocker fromCa l’Ardiaca, Barcelona.

1112. Central. Lady of the Cau Ferrat, reliquary 15th Century; E. Clarasó, Catalan ironworker (c. 1894).
Wrought iron: pair of candelabra from Serrateix. Glass collection, acquired by Rusiñol from A. deRiquer (17th-18th centuries).

Can Xicarrons was acquired by Charles Deering (1915) to serve as his winter quarters.
Miquel Utrillo added another storey andembellished the house with ancient items anda spectacular kitchen with fireplace. Whenhe left Sitges, Deering gave the house to hisfriend the painter Ramon Casas, who in turnleft it to the Rocamoras, his nephews. It wasacquired by the Diputació de Barcelona (1971)
to become part of the museums.

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A. Welcome area, ticket sales and lockers.
B. Museum shop.
C. Access to Cau Ferrat Museum.
D. Access to Maricel Museum.
E. Access to the Great Hall Sala of Cau Ferrat.
F. The treasures of Cau Ferrat video.
G. Video on the museums and transformationof the district.
H. Kitchen and fireplace with ceramic tiles(17th-19th centuries).
I. Temporary exhibition gallery.
J. Access to Maricel Museum(recommended itinerary).
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The Consorci del Patrimoni de Sitges, which consists of the Diputació de Barcelona and theTown Council, is the institution responsible for directing and managing this remarkable artistic,
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Permanent and updated information: www.museusdesitges.cat

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Located in the old heart of the town, the Cau Ferrat Museum (1), Can Rocamora (2), the Maricel Museum (3) and the Palace of Maricel (4) constitute an outstanding architectural and artistic
complex that straddles Catalan Modernisme and Noucentisme. Located nearby, the Stämpfli
Contemporary Art Foundation (5) occupies some of the dependencies of what was once themunicipal market. The Can Llopis Romantic Museum (6) is located in a neoclassical building
dating from 1793 in what was the town’s earliest urban extension, and its interior reflects thefamilies of landowners, merchants, lawyers, historians and diplomats who lived there. Can Falç(7), manor house 16th-18th centuries, in process of integral rehabilitation.

JoThe Cau Ferrat Museum, the Maricel Museum, Can Rocamora, the Palace of Maricel and theCan Llopis Romantic Museum, together with the Stämpfli Contemporary Art Foundation, arethe foremost features of Sitges’s cultural, artistic and historical legacy. They share a long historyand consolidated tradition with their origins in private collections, dating back to 1933 with thepublic opening of the Cau Ferrat Museum.

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The artistic and architectural complex of Maricel, one of the great
achievements of Noucentisme, was built between 1910 and 1918 by artist and engineer Miquel Utrillo (1862-1934) under commission fromthe American magnate, collector and philanthropist Charles Deering(1852-1927). Maricel transformed the appearance of the old quarterof Sant Joan, endowing it with a singularly monumental appearance.

and objets d’art from the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroqueperiods; Romanticism (J. Espalter);Realism and the Luminist school ofSitges (F. Masó, J. Roig i Soler, A. Masi Fondevila, J. de Miró i Argenter, J.
Batlle Amell, A. Almirall); Modernisme (S. Rusiñol, R. Casas, J. Reynés, J.
Llimona,) and Noucentisme (J. Sunyer,E. Casanovas, P. Jou, J. Rebull, Lola
Anglada, I. Smith). The ground floor
accommodates the Gothic chapel ofthe former Hospital de Sant Joan, theSala Sert (1916), the Mirador and thesculpture gallery (J. Rebull, E. Casanovas, P. Jou) and works in the noucentista, realist and figurative styles up tothe mid-20th century (A. Carbonell,A. Sisquella, A. Ferrer Pino, M. and G.
Villà and J. Mercadé).

The Diputació de Barcelona (Barcelona County Council) acquired
what used to be the residence of Charles Deering (1969) to house theart and antique collection put together
by Dr Jesús Pérez-Rosales (1896-1989).
Once inaugurated (1970) the Museum
was later extended with the addition of
the town’s art collection (1995).
At present, the Maricel Museum isstructured as a series of successive
aesthetic phases and artistic idioms
from the 10th to the 20th centuries.
Joaquim de Miró. Harvestingmalvasia (1895)

It features Dr Jesús Pérez-Rosales’s collection of sculpture, painting, furniture

Anonymous. Allegory ofthe Mediterranean (c. 1915)

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2. Romanesque and Gothic painting, sculpture and objets d’art. Workshopof Abadia, Master of Maluenda, Master of Armisén.

F. Training and work centre.

3. Audiovisual on the artistic and architectural complex of Maricel.
4. Renaissance and Baroque painting, sculpture, ceramics and objets d’art.
J. d’Angers, Master of Son, Master of Viella, P. Berruguete, Master of Los
Balbases, Domingo Ram (atelier).

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6. Baroque ceramics.
7. Romanticism. V. López, J. Espalter, Marià Fortuny. Realism and Luminism.
Felip Masó, The St Bartholomew procession (1884); A. Mas i Fondevila,
The Corpus procession (1887); R. Monleón, S. Rusiñol.
8. The Luminist School of Sitges. J. Roig i Soler, A. Mas i Fondevila,
J. de Miró, J. Soler i Casanovas, J. Batlle i Amell.

11. Noucentisme. Painting: J. Sunyer, Lola Anglada. Sculpture: P. Gargallo,G. Violet, J. Clarà, J. Granyer, J. Otero, I. Smith, A. Fenosa. Glass: X. Nogués,J. M. Gol. Ceramics: J. Llorens Artigas. P. Jou, Allegory of the Republic (1931).
A. Lift.
E. Emergency staircase.

9. Modernisme. S. Rusiñol, R. Casas, M. Utrillo, A. Mas i Fondevila, J. Llimona.

EPa. Staircase leading to the 2nd floor.

10. Modernisme in Sitges: The Cau Ferrat Beer Cellar. S. Rusiñol, J. de Miró,
A. Mas i Fondevila, A. Almirall and C. Duran.

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12. Sala Josep M. Sert. Set of mural paintings featuring allegories of theGreat War (1916).

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13. Noucentisme, Realism and figurative painting. A. Carbonell, A. Sisquella,
J. Mercadé, G. Villà, M. Villà, A. Ferrer Pino, P. Pruna. P. Jou, E. Casanovas,
J. Rebull; J. Reynés, Monument to El Greco (1898).
14. Room devoted to Dr Jesús Pérez-Rosales. The life and martyrdom of theApostle Bartholomew (14th century), fresco mural painting transferred to canvas; F. Ribera, Portrait of Dr Jesús Pérez-Rosales (1968); J. Cañas, Portrait of Dr
Jesús Pérez-Rosales playing the cello (1966).
15. Mirador. J. Rebull; Allegory of the Mediterranean, anonymous (c. 1915).
16. Gothic chapel of the former Hospital de Sant Joan. Synthesis of theMaricel Museum: capitals from the 10th century caliphate. Altarpiece ofthe Virgin, circle of F. Feliu (14th century ); (attributed to) Jaume Cabrera ,Altarpiece of Sant Salvador (c. 1400); A. Almirall, Chapel of the former Hospital

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17. Synthesis of the Maricel Museum. Maiestas Domini (12th century);
J. Borrell Nicolau, Monument to Santiago Rusiñol (1930-1932).
A. Lift to the 1st and 2nd floors.
E. Exit to Carrer Fonollar.
CR. Access to Can Rocamora (shop, lockers, information, tickets)and the Cau Ferrat Museum. Exit to Carrer Fonollar.