Robert Brady Bunch

On our last day in Mexico we went to the Brady house, which was a magnificent place full of tasteful artwork as well as view of Cuernavaca.  It is a house connected to the Cathedral and in the 19th century was used as a second bishop observatory.  We all would agree that this house would make a great place to live.

Robert Brady died at the young age of 58 of liver cancer.  He built this house in 1962 and used bright colors throughout the house because of the lack of electricity.  All of the decoration in the house was eclectic and the house is exactly how Brady left it.  Brady was also a painter but his work was never sold, it was only meant to be for himself.  He was a heir to an inheritance.  He had one other brother. But both him and his brother died without heirs and the Brady inheritance ended.  Why would Brady choose to build such a grandiose house in Cuernavaca?  Cuernavaca is actually a place of many celebrities.  On the outside many of the buildings seem regular until you get inside where there are many beautiful things.

Some of the artwork includes Frida Kahlo’s “Autorretrato.”  But a couple of Brady’s favorite painters who are also featured in the museum were Rutino Tamallo and David Hokney. There were a couple of very old pieces of art in the sitting area near the pool such as a bird mosaic, Mosaico Bizantino Ravenna Italia c. 500 from the Bizantine era and a pot Teotihuacan made in 400-600 D.C. (before Christ).