Manrique, the artistic soul of Lanzarote

Casa Mialma Lanzarote
Nov 20, 2024
2 min read

Updated: Apr 3

Cesar Manrique Lanzarote architect, painter and sculptor, mixed his artistic genius with a great love for his land, creating amazing and timeless masterpieces, embodying the absolute icon of art on Lanzarote.

Born in Arrecife, the island's capital, in 1919, he completed his studies in Madrid, where he lived for a few years and later moved to Paris and New York where he frequented artists of the caliber of Rothko, Pollock, Warhol a Rauschenberg, illustrious exponents of the avant-garde movements that indelibly influenced his artistic path.

The island of Lanzarote, the landscape of his childhood experience, was decisive in his life and work of which it was a constant source of inspiration.

Lanzarote is also the place where he performed most of his spatial interventions and the territory where he applied a model of intervention and preservation that still outlines the island's features today.

Multifaceted artist, ecologist, heritage conservator, urban and landscape designer, He convinced his countrymen to invest in tourism, but without falling into the mistakes made in other parts of the country or the planet, preventing them from defacing the landscape with buildings that would not be in tone with the volcanic nature of the island.

Visiting the places he created is a unique opportunity not only to admire his incredible flair, but also to fully understand the true spirit of this island, lovingly “told” by the visionary who turned Lanzarote into a jewel.

The sites designed by Cesar Manrique to visit in Lanzarote: