Number 5 | January-March 2010 | BUY THE MAGAZINE

In an animated forest

In the early fifties a young man bought in Sóller (Mallorca) three pictures of Juli Ramis. Nothing did predict that the boy would end up being one of the great Spanish collectors. Today he owns the newly opened Modernist Museum of Can Prunera. He also has a private collection at home that consists of more than 300 outdoor sculptures. The works of Henry Moore, Richard Serra, Wolf Vostel, Antoni Tàpies and Eduardo Chillida alternate with fruit trees and the orchard. At his 81 years old, with a sharp memory, he recalls his friendship with the brilliant Joan Miró and his disagreements with the direction of the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art of Palma, where he has withdrawn most of his collection.

By Javier Alonso
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