Xul Solar Museum – Xul Solar, born Oscar Agustín Alejandro Schulz Solar, was an Argentine painter, sculptor, writer and inventor of languages. His pseudonym actually means “sun light”. Solar’s artwork mostly consists of sculptures characteristic for their sharp contrasts and bright colors, often done in smaller formats. His visual style is somewhere between Wassily Kandinsky and Paul Klee on the one hand, and Marc Chagall on the other.
Solar lived with his wife in a small flat above the museum, saving money in order to rent the two flats below theirs to establish a future museum. Today, the museum displays most of Solar’s artwork, along with personal letters, tarot cards, masks, personal belongings, as well as a substantial library and his inventions.
In his artwork Solar often depicted alternative galaxies with floating cities, snakes, winged animals, angels, even half-people and half-airplanes. He believed that one day there would be a heavenly Jerusalem, a sort of flying city that would end over-population. The museum is very interesting as it gives insight into Solar’s art, his life, habits and lifestyle, mostly thanks to the fact that the building was, in fact, his home.
Ticket price for the Museum
Regular ticket price: 200 ARS
Reduced ticket price: 100 ARS – for students and older the 65 years
Working hours of the Museum
from Tuesday to Thursday from 12 p.m to 7 p.m
