Julio Romero de Torres Museum

The Julio Romero de Torres Museum gathers a large and valuable part of the works of the Cordovan painter Julio Romero de Torres. This artist, who lived between the end of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century, belongs to the branch of Symbolic Painting, characterized by subjectivity, fantasy and evocation of the mystical, as opposed to realism and impressionism.

The rooms of this museum allow visitors to learn about the artist’s life through his work and the different stages he went through. His work shows the Andalusian tradition through themes such as bullfighting, flamenco, daily life, the landscape of Cordoba and the Cordovan woman as the center of attention in most of them.

He frequented the company of great figures of the so-called Generation of ’98 such as Antonio Machado and Valle-Inclán, as well as being criticized for the high eroticism that emanated from his works.

Julio Romero de Torres Museum Hours

The Julio Romero de Torres Museum divides its schedule according to the summer and winter seasons.

From September 16 to June 14

Tuesday to Friday from 8:15 to 20:00h.

Saturdays from 9:30 to 18:00h.

Sundays from 8:15 to 14:45h.

From June 15 to September 15

From Tuesday to Sunday from 8:45 to 15:15h.

Please note that on Mondays it is closed all year round and visits will only be allowed up to half an hour before closing time.

Location of the Julio Romero de Torres Museum

The Julio Romero de Torres Museum is located at number 1 of the Plaza del Potro in Cordoba, one of the most iconic squares in the city, which has the honor of being named after Miguel de Cervantes in his work Don Quixote de la Mancha. The museum building itself was the painter’s former home and currently shares its facilities with the Museum of Fine Arts of Cordoba.

How to get to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum

The museum is located in the historic center of the city and is fully accessible on foot. However, there are bus stops nearby and access routes for cabs.

How to get to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum from the Mosque

How to get to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum from the Tendillas Square

How to get to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum from the Córdoba Center Hotel

How to get to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum from the Eurostars Palace Hotel

How to get to the Julio Romero de Torres Museum from the AVE RENFE Train Station

Prices of the Julio Romero de Torres Museum

Standard adult admission is €5. Students receive a 50% discount.

In addition, persons under 18 years of age, over 65 years of age, retired persons, teachers and persons with disabilities will receive free admission.

History of the Julio Romero de Torres Museum

The Julio Romero de Torres Museum exhibits the life and work of the most important artist of the city of Cordoba. It is housed in the house where he was born and died, located in the Plaza del Potro. The museum itself was inaugurated in 1931 by Niceto Alcalá-Zamora, then President of the Second Spanish Republic. This happened just after his death, thanks to the donation of his wife and children, with which they contributed most of the author’s works, the collection being expanded later. In 2012, the museum received its last reform, gaining lighting, security, and accessibility.

Rooms of the Julio Romero de Torres Museum

The Julio Romero de Torres Museum has six different rooms where we can discover and admire the artist’s work. Each of the rooms is dedicated to a different stage of the painter’s life.

Room I Family Environment

The first room of the museum shows representative figures of the painter through different works made by other artists, such as sculptures, caricatures, portraits and other works about him and his family. On the other hand, the posters also take center stage, Julio Romero de Torres having participated in the current originating in France that showed the posters as a new form of communication. The posters made by the author for companies such as Bodegas Cruz Conde and Unión de Explosivos Riotinto stand out.

Chamber II First Epoch

The first stage of Julio Romero de Torres as an artist shows characteristic details of trends such as luminism, modernism, symbolism and even realism, the latter represented by still lifes and landscapes. His first works of social painting also stand out, undoubtedly influenced by the tendency followed by his father Rafael Romero Barros and his brother.

Room III The Chapel

The third room shows the mystical point of view that Julio Romero de Torres exhibited in his works, proposing traditional themes under a spiritual and sensual focus. The most important works and protagonists of this room are “Contrariedad”, “Samaritana”, “Muerte de San Inés” and “Cabeza de Santa”.

Room IV The origin of the deep

This room represents the admiration of Julio Romero de Torres for the cante hondo, of which he was a participant, even attending as a singer to the contest of Cante de las Minas in La Unión de Murcia, when he was only 20 years old. However, he returned to painting, expressing his love for flamenco through works such as “Nuestra Señora de Andalucía”, “La Nieta de la Trini” or “Alegrías”. Each work is a different symbol, a motif of each copla. In them he also pays tribute to singers, dancers and many figures of the time to whom he pays his devotion through portraits.

Room V Semblanzas

Julio Romero de Torres was, without a doubt, a singular portraitist. He has a collection of more than 500 portraits in which, among other personalities, he pays homage to his wife. The objective of his works did not differentiate between classes, and he painted aristocrats and workers alike, standing out especially in those portraits that were not subject to commission.

Room VI The Essence of Córdoba

The last room of the museum presents Julio Romero de Torres‘ devotion to Cordoba. Through these works he evokes the streets, squares and customs of the city, as well as its main monuments. Works such as “Virgen de los Faroles”, “Ángeles y Fuensanta” and “Poemas de Córdoba” stand out along with darker paintings, characteristic of the author’s last stage.

Frequently asked questions about the Julio Romero de Torres Museum