Nestor Museum
The Museo Néstor keeps the core of Néstor Martín-Fernández de la Torre’s work in a pinacoteca dedicated to the Gran Canarian artist who shaped Spanish symbolism. Néstor was born in 1887 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, and although he spent long stretches in Madrid, Barcelona, and abroad, he returned in the 1930s to promote tourism—alongside his brother Miguel—through a movement called *tipismo*. One of the results was *Pueblo Canario*, an architectural complex conceived by Néstor and projected and carried out by Miguel, with buildings meant to recall traditional Canarian architecture. The museum opened on 18 July 1956, 18 years after Néstor’s death in 1938, the day before he would have turned 51. It was made possible with help from the Las Palmas City Council, funding from people across Gran Canaria, and donations—especially works from Rafael and Miguel. …
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