{"id":59409,"date":"2015-12-16T10:56:53","date_gmt":"2015-12-16T09:56:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=59409"},"modified":"2020-07-16T12:56:14","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T10:56:14","slug":"museu-picasso","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/museu-picasso\/","title":{"rendered":"Discover Museu Picasso with ShBarcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the jewels of Barcelona<\/strong>\u2019s cultural offer is the museum<\/strong> that collects the works of Spanish artist Pablo Picasso<\/strong>. Born in October of 1881, in the region of Malaga, Picasso<\/strong> grew up to be one of the world\u2019s most famous painter and sculptor, co-founder of the Cubist movement.<\/p>\n

\"picasso<\/a>Picasso Museum<\/a><\/strong> occupies five large town houses, originally created between the thirteenth and fifteenth century, having undergone major refurbishments along the years, the most important of them during the eighteenth century.<\/p>\n

Picasso Museum<\/strong> first opened its doors in 1963, having expanded from using one single townhouse to the five it occupies today. The museum\u2019s<\/strong> collection is composed of 4.251 works, including pieces from the artist\u2019s formative years. The art pieces are displayed in the twenty-two rooms that form the museum.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The museum\u2019s<\/strong> collection started with the donation of the Harlequin<\/em><\/strong> in 1919. Thirteen years later, Barcelona\u2019s City Council and the Generalitat bought the Plandiura Collection, containing 22 works by Picasso<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n

It was Jaume Sabart\u00e9s, Picasso<\/strong>\u2019s friend and secretary that proposed the creation of a museum<\/strong> that would be solely dedicated to the artist\u2019s work. The proposal was accepted by the City Council, and the Museu Picasso<\/strong> was founded in Barcelona on July 27th<\/sup> of 1963.<\/p>\n

Related article:\u00a0Catalonia\u2019s History Museum<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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Sabart\u00e9s Collection<\/strong><\/h2>\n

The museum<\/strong> had to be opened originally under the name Sabart\u00e9s Collection<\/strong>, since Picasso<\/strong> was openly opposed to Franco\u2019s regime.<\/p>\n

Many were the artists and collectors that made the current museum<\/strong> collection possible. In 1963 Salvador Dal\u00ed donated Les Metamorphoses d\u2019Ovide<\/em><\/strong> (1931). In 1966, collector Sebasti\u00e0 Junyer Vidal donated 7 Picasso<\/strong> drawings created between 1899 and 1904. In 1968, Picasso<\/strong> himself donated the Blue Portrait of Sabart\u00e9s<\/em><\/strong> (1901) and the 58 canvases making up the Meninas<\/em><\/strong> series (1957). Years later, in 1970, the artist makes another donation of 921 works from his childhood and youth era, which calls for the museum\u2019s<\/strong> first expansion.<\/p>\n

\"picassoOther significant donations came from Jacqueline Roque, the artist\u2019s wife, Louis Leiris Gallery, the Picasso-Revent\u00f3s Foundation, Lord Amulree, and Pablo Vilat\u00f3 Ruiz.<\/p>\n

Picasso Museum<\/strong> also receives exhibits by temporarily exchanging pieces from the museum\u2019s<\/strong> collection with pieces from other museums.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Picasso Museum<\/strong> is located at Carrer Montcada, 15-23, and is open from Tuesdays to Sundays from 9am to 7pm. The best way to get to the museum<\/strong><\/a> using public transportation is by taking the subway \u2013 L1: Arc de Triomf station, L3: Liceu station, L4: Jaume I station, or one of the following buses: 14, 17, 19, 39, 45, 51, 59, or 120.<\/p>\n

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