It is located in Largo 5 de Outubro, city Marinha Grande, in the district of Leiria, province of Estremadura, in the Central region of Portugal
The mid-century palace. XIX was the residence of the family of José dos Santos Barbosa, whose century-old factory opened in 1911.
The building houses the estate of the sculptor Joaquim Correia, born in 1920 in Marinha Grande into a family of glassmakers.
Joaquim Correia studied sculpture at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto and is the author of a vast and interesting sculptural work that can be seen in this space.
The Joaquim Correia Museum enshrines the work of one of the greatest exponents in the field of artistic creation in the municipality of Marinha Grande, Professor Sculptor Joaquim Correia.
The Joaquim Correia Museum opened on December 5, 1997, housed in the restored Taibner de Morais Palace to receive the sculptor's valuable artistic collection.
The Joaquim Correia Museum is made up of works created and donated by the author and his family to the Municipal Council of Marinha Grande for enjoyment and enrichment of cultural heritage.
The opening of the museum, in addition to providing long-due justice to Master Joaquim Correia, forever registered the municipality's recognition of the Artist and his family.
The collection consists of 585 documents that were all catalogued, classified and labeled in accordance with applicable documentary standards.
The collection of the Joaquim Correia Museum is made up of several collections of works of art and studies created by the sculptor, which include busts, bronze and plaster statues with and without polychrome, medals, drawings and paintings.
The Orfeu de Pedra Statue, placed in the Municipal Garden on April 26, 1958, was offered to the City Council by the sculptor Joaquim Correia from Marinho.
Orpheus represents the Greek mythological figure who sang about the love he had for his wife, Eurídice, and located in Largo 5 de Outubro in front of the Joaquim Correia Museum there is the bronze statue.
The Statue represents the mythological figure of Orpheus, exhibiting great movement and a strong dramatic charge present in the theatrical expression of gestures, particularly in the way he raises his head and right arm.
A replica of the work designed by the sculptor in 1947 for the final exam of the higher education course in sculpture, at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, is located next to the Joaquim Correia Museum on a concrete parallelepiped plinth which contains a metal tombstone with an inscription alluding to the mythological theme of Orpheus and Eurydice.
The work was designed to be part of the Joaquim Correia Museum created to receive the sculptor's artistic estate, opening simultaneously on December 5, 1997.
The building houses the estate of the sculptor Joaquim Correia, born in 1920 in Marinha Grande into a family of glassmakers.
Joaquim Correia studied sculpture at the Escola Superior de Belas Artes do Porto and is the author of a vast and interesting sculptural work that can be seen in this space.
The Joaquim Correia Museum enshrines the work of one of the greatest exponents in the field of artistic creation in the municipality of Marinha Grande, Professor Sculptor Joaquim Correia.
The Joaquim Correia Museum opened on December 5, 1997, housed in the restored Taibner de Morais Palace to receive the sculptor's valuable artistic collection.
The Joaquim Correia Museum is made up of works created and donated by the author and his family to the Municipal Council of Marinha Grande for enjoyment and enrichment of cultural heritage.
The opening of the museum, in addition to providing long-due justice to Master Joaquim Correia, forever registered the municipality's recognition of the Artist and his family.
The collection consists of 585 documents that were all catalogued, classified and labeled in accordance with applicable documentary standards.
The collection of the Joaquim Correia Museum is made up of several collections of works of art and studies created by the sculptor, which include busts, bronze and plaster statues with and without polychrome, medals, drawings and paintings.
The Orfeu de Pedra Statue, placed in the Municipal Garden on April 26, 1958, was offered to the City Council by the sculptor Joaquim Correia from Marinho.
Orpheus represents the Greek mythological figure who sang about the love he had for his wife, Eurídice, and located in Largo 5 de Outubro in front of the Joaquim Correia Museum there is the bronze statue.
The Statue represents the mythological figure of Orpheus, exhibiting great movement and a strong dramatic charge present in the theatrical expression of gestures, particularly in the way he raises his head and right arm.
A replica of the work designed by the sculptor in 1947 for the final exam of the higher education course in sculpture, at the Lisbon School of Fine Arts, is located next to the Joaquim Correia Museum on a concrete parallelepiped plinth which contains a metal tombstone with an inscription alluding to the mythological theme of Orpheus and Eurydice.
The work was designed to be part of the Joaquim Correia Museum created to receive the sculptor's artistic estate, opening simultaneously on December 5, 1997.
