{"id":33271,"date":"2024-08-07T20:35:52","date_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:35:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exp1.com\/blog\/?p=33271"},"modified":"2024-08-07T20:35:52","modified_gmt":"2024-08-07T20:35:52","slug":"how-to-visit-the-picasso-museum-in-barcelona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exp1.com\/blog\/how-to-visit-the-picasso-museum-in-barcelona\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Visit the Picasso Museum in Barcelona"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

When you think of Pablo Picasso, you might think of 1920s Paris as depicted by Hemingway in \u201cA Moveable Feast\u201d and Woody Allen in \u201cMidnight in Paris,\u201d but it\u2019s in Barcelona where you\u2019ll discover how Picasso became one of the 20th century\u2019s greatest artists. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While he wasn\u2019t born in Barcelona, the city has always claimed Picasso as one of their own. The Spanish artist spent his formative years (1895-1904) in the Catalan capital, where he studied at the art academy Escola de la Llotja and began to show signs of the prolific artist he would become. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

He held his first solo exhibition at Els Quatre Gats (now a modernist cafe and bar), produced many works that make up his Blue Period, and was exposed to other great artists and intellectuals of the 20th century (Hemingway hung out in Barcelona, too!), all before he was 23. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Museu Picasso in Barcelona\u2019s La Ribera district \u2014 where Pablo Picasso lived \u2014 is a tribute to the genius that was already on display at a young age. With around 5,000 pieces that span five medieval stone palaces, the permanent collection is the most complete collection of his early works. But it also includes pieces from Picasso\u2019s later years, giving us a retrospective of the artist\u2019s work. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

While visiting Barcelona, you don\u2019t want to miss a chance to see the city as a young Pablo Picasso saw it, and a visit to the Picasso Museum \u2014 or Museu Picasso in Catalan \u2014 is the best way to do that. In this guide, I\u2019ll share what to see at the Picasso Museum as well as tips for visiting. But first, how did the museum end up here in Barcelona? Here\u2019s a little backstory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t

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So how did the Picasso Museum end up here in La Ribera district in Barcelona?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before moving to Paris and co-founding the Cubist movement with Georges Braque, Picasso was a young artist soaking up inspiration from Barcelona\u2019s landscapes and architecture. He remained fond of the city all his life, donating pieces to various exhibitions and museums. When friend and personal secretary Jaume Sabart\u00e9s proposed creating a museum in Barcelona, Picasso was excited by the idea. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bringing the Museu Picasso to life was a collaboration between Sabart\u00e9s, friends and admirers, the city of Barcelona, and Picasso himself. The city was looking to revitalize La Ribera by bringing culture to the district, and Picasso\u2019s connection with the neighborhood made it the right location.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Museu Picasso opened in April 1963, in the 14th-century stone mansion Palau Aguilar on Carrer de Montcada. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

As the collection grew to include further donations from Picasso and friends and family, four adjoining medieval palaces from the 13th-15th centuries were annexed. Today, the Museu Picasso is among the three largest collections of his work, after the Prado<\/a> in Madrid and the Mus\u00e9e Picasso<\/a> in Paris.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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