{"id":252412,"date":"2025-11-09T03:59:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-09T03:59:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/252412\/"},"modified":"2025-11-09T03:59:15","modified_gmt":"2025-11-09T03:59:15","slug":"an-18th-century-spanish-palacio-apartment-transformed-by-its-extraordinarily-creative-inhabitant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/252412\/","title":{"rendered":"An 18th-century Spanish palacio apartment transformed by its extraordinarily creative inhabitant"},"content":{"rendered":"

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A matador\u2019s head and shoulders by Jorge stand out against the yellow walls in the kitchen; the chair and table were flea-market finds<\/p>\n

All of these are set against the most wonderful, whimsical backdrop of Jorge\u2019s own work on the walls. He is a man of many talents \u2013 designing clothes, creating murals, doing performance art (all with no formal training). \u2018I\u2019ve been painting the walls of my family\u2019s houses since I was three,\u2019 he recalls. The works in his apartment are somewhat more advanced, as he has drawn on his admiration for Jean Cocteau and his own take on mythology to cover the walls in muscular men, theatrical swags and horse-riding gods. \u2018I never have a plan before I paint,\u2019 he admits. \u2018So a mistake just gets turned into something else. I never erase what I have painted \u2013 I just add more whenever I see a white space.\u2019 On the day we visit, a 45\u00b0C heatwave is not enough to stop Jorge\u2019s creative mind racing. He had decided earlier that this was the ideal day to paint a previously unadorned blue wall in the main salon with a set of dramatic curtains.<\/p>\n

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The pillowcases in the bedroom feature Jorge\u2019s monogram.<\/p>\n

His way of working is admirable and his mind never stops coming up with new ideas and ways to share his creative world with others. That is precisely how he views his own apartment: \u2018I like sharing the place so that everybody can enjoy it. It is not a kind of museum house, so it\u2019s OK for things to get broken. I like people to feel as if my place is theirs.\u2019<\/p>\n

What of the future of the palacio as a whole? \u2018It\u2019s a life-long project for me,\u2019 says Jorge, explaining his aim is to complete the circle on the building\u2019s history and create an artists\u2019 residence \u2018in the same way that greats such as Goya were once painting within these rooms\u2019. He will tackle the rest of the property little by little, doing it up in the same respectful way in which he has approached his own quarters. How does the rest of the family feel? \u2018Since I was young, I\u2019ve always shown this interest in bringing life back to the building, so they are proud of me for taking on this project\u2019.<\/p>\n

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