Pósito - Comic Museum
Introduction
This institution, which served as a house-warehouse where the population deposited part of their harvest since the 16th century, is one of the oldest buildings preserved in the city along with the Torre del Homenaje (Homage Tower).
After its restoration in 2008, it became the José de Huéscar Museum, housing the works and work materials of José Antonio de Huéscar y Garvi, painter and comic illustrator with such outstanding works as the illustrations of Cape Rusty or Rintintín among many others.
Pósito - Comic Museum
Origins
The Pósito, a medieval institution created by the Crown in the 16th century, functioned as a municipal cereal deposit that served to store part of the agricultural harvest, which the citizens handed over as insurance, so that if the harvest was bad the following year, they could ask for compensation. In theory, the "pósitos" ceased to function, however, they are the clear precedent of the "cajas rurales" (rural banks).
Located next to one of the city's access gates, the Puerta del Sol, nowadays the Santo Cristo arch, it was divided into two floors, the lower floor was used for all the administrative work and the upper floor was used to store the cereal delivered.
Pósito - Comic Museum
CAI
In the 20th century and during the post-war period, the granary was put to various uses, becoming a Social Aid centre on the lower floor where many citizens came to collect food and a Social Aid canteen on the upper floor, where food was provided to try to alleviate the hunger of children, not only from the town centre, but also from all the neighbouring districts of Huéscar.
In 1954 the opening of a Children's Feeding Centre was authorised, providing it with sanitary material and furniture. The space, which had a capacity of 250 places in its initial stage, undoubtedly contributed to improve the nutrition of the youngest children but also to stop the constant illnesses caused by the famine.
Pósito - Comic Museum
New uses
At the end of the 20th century, the Pósito building was still being used as the headquarters of the municipal band of the city of Huéscar, maintaining the architectural appearance of the social aid but presenting an advanced state of deterioration.
After the restoration of the building, carried out in 2008 by the architect Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas, many of its original elements were recovered, such as the columns, wooden beams, span and access steps to the building, and a stretch of the old wall inside, along with a small parapet, giving it a new use, the José de Huéscar Comic Museum.
Pósito - Comic Museum
Comic Museum
The museum houses the original oil paintings and comic illustrations of José Antonio de Huéscar y Garví.
Trained in fine arts in Barcelona, he developed his artistic career in France, where he created the famous illustrations of Cape Rusty and Rintintin. He worked for Larousse, illustrating L'Historie du Far West, one of his favourite subjects, as well as for Vaillant, for whom he adapted the Adventures of Mowgli.
In his later years, he devoted himself to painting and restoring paintings. On his death in 2007, he donated his entire artistic legacy to the municipality of Huéscar, with which he only shared his surname, in exchange for which he asked for an exhibition space to be set aside for his works.
Pósito - Comic Museum
Introduction
This institution, which served as a house-warehouse where the population deposited part of their harvest since the 16th century, is one of the oldest buildings preserved in the city along with the Torre del Homenaje (Homage Tower).
After its restoration in 2008, it became the José de Huéscar Museum, housing the works and work materials of José Antonio de Huéscar y Garvi, painter and comic illustrator with such outstanding works as the illustrations of Cape Rusty or Rintintín among many others.
Pósito - Comic Museum
Origins
The Pósito, a medieval institution created by the Crown in the 16th century, functioned as a municipal cereal deposit that served to store part of the agricultural harvest, which the citizens handed over as insurance, so that if the harvest was bad the following year, they could ask for compensation. In theory, the "pósitos" ceased to function, however, they are the clear precedent of the "cajas rurales" (rural banks).
Located next to one of the city's access gates, the Puerta del Sol, nowadays the Santo Cristo arch, it was divided into two floors, the lower floor was used for all the administrative work and the upper floor was used to store the cereal delivered.
Pósito - Comic Museum
CAI
In the 20th century and during the post-war period, the granary was put to various uses, becoming a Social Aid centre on the lower floor where many citizens came to collect food and a Social Aid canteen on the upper floor, where food was provided to try to alleviate the hunger of children, not only from the town centre, but also from all the neighbouring districts of Huéscar.
In 1954 the opening of a Children's Feeding Centre was authorised, providing it with sanitary material and furniture. The space, which had a capacity of 250 places in its initial stage, undoubtedly contributed to improve the nutrition of the youngest children but also to stop the constant illnesses caused by the famine.
Pósito - Comic Museum
New uses
At the end of the 20th century, the Pósito building was still being used as the headquarters of the municipal band of the city of Huéscar, maintaining the architectural appearance of the social aid but presenting an advanced state of deterioration.
After the restoration of the building, carried out in 2008 by the architect Antonio Jiménez Torrecillas, many of its original elements were recovered, such as the columns, wooden beams, span and access steps to the building, and a stretch of the old wall inside, along with a small parapet, giving it a new use, the José de Huéscar Comic Museum.
Pósito - Comic Museum
Comic Museum
The museum houses the original oil paintings and comic illustrations of José Antonio de Huéscar y Garví.
Trained in fine arts in Barcelona, he developed his artistic career in France, where he created the famous illustrations of Cape Rusty and Rintintin. He worked for Larousse, illustrating L'Historie du Far West, one of his favourite subjects, as well as for Vaillant, for whom he adapted the Adventures of Mowgli.
In his later years, he devoted himself to painting and restoring paintings. On his death in 2007, he donated his entire artistic legacy to the municipality of Huéscar, with which he only shared his surname, in exchange for which he asked for an exhibition space to be set aside for his works.