Barcelona Picasso Museum
The Picasso Museum is located on Montcada Street in Barcelona. As its name indicates, it is dedicated to the exhibition and dissemination of the work of Pablo Picasso. It is home to more than 3,500 works by the great Spanish artist and is one of the most visited museums in Spain.
The museum opened its doors in March 1963 after Jaime Sabartés, the artist's personal secretary and great friend, negotiated with the Barcelona City Council to open a venue dedicated to the great artist from Malaga. As a curious fact, the museum was initially baptized as the Sabartés Collection due to the serious political differences between Picasso and the Franco regime.
This splendid museum covers a total area of more than 10,000 square meters, comprised of an architectural ensemble occupied by five Gothic-style palaces dating from the 13th and 15th centuries. Each was built in a similar pattern with its respective interior patio, staircase exterior and noble floors. These five palaces are: Aguilar, Barón de Castellet, Meca, Casa Mauri and Finestres.
The museum's collection is made up not only of paintings but also of sketches, photographs, engravings, lithographs and sculptures created by Picasso over more than 70 years. The vast majority of the works exhibited in this museum are from between the years 1890 and 1917, though there are also other representative works of the so-called Blue Period and other pieces after 1950. The most important is the series of paintings inspired by Las Meninas by Velázquez, Harlequin, La Caridad and a splendid collection of lithographs and engravings from the 1960s.
The museum opened its doors in March 1963 after Jaime Sabartés, the artist's personal secretary and great friend, negotiated with the Barcelona City Council to open a venue dedicated to the great artist from Malaga. As a curious fact, the museum was initially baptized as the Sabartés Collection due to the serious political differences between Picasso and the Franco regime.
This splendid museum covers a total area of more than 10,000 square meters, comprised of an architectural ensemble occupied by five Gothic-style palaces dating from the 13th and 15th centuries. Each was built in a similar pattern with its respective interior patio, staircase exterior and noble floors. These five palaces are: Aguilar, Barón de Castellet, Meca, Casa Mauri and Finestres.
The museum's collection is made up not only of paintings but also of sketches, photographs, engravings, lithographs and sculptures created by Picasso over more than 70 years. The vast majority of the works exhibited in this museum are from between the years 1890 and 1917, though there are also other representative works of the so-called Blue Period and other pieces after 1950. The most important is the series of paintings inspired by Las Meninas by Velázquez, Harlequin, La Caridad and a splendid collection of lithographs and engravings from the 1960s.
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