Museu Picasso
Picasso's formative years shown across five medieval palaces on Carrer Montcada.
The Museu Picasso opened in 1963, the first museum dedicated to Picasso and the only one founded in his lifetime. It grew out of a donation by Jaume Sabartés, the artist's friend and secretary, and was enlarged by gifts from Picasso himself, including the Las Meninas series in 1968 and a large body of early work in 1970. It occupies five adjoining Gothic palaces on Carrer Montcada, among them the Palau Aguilar, the Palau del Baró de Castellet and the Palau Finestres.
The collection of more than 4,000 works is strongest on Picasso's formative years in Barcelona and his early Paris period, covering academic studies, Blue Period canvases such as portraits of Sabartés, prints and ceramics. Its centrepiece is the complete set of 58 paintings made in 1957 as variations on Velázquez's Las Meninas, given by the artist to the museum. Successive conversions by Joaquim de Ros i de Ramis and later Jordi Garcés and Enric Sòria linked the palaces around their stone courtyards and open staircases.
Highlights
- Complete Las Meninas series of 58 canvases painted in 1957
- Five linked Gothic palaces with stone courtyards and open staircases
- Early academic studies and Blue Period works from Barcelona and Paris
- Ceramics given by Picasso and Jacqueline Roque
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