Barcelona
Barcelona
+ The City of Barcelona
Sights
* L'Anella Olímpica
* LA Barceloneta and Port Olímpic
* Casa Amatller
* Casa Batlló
* Casa Lleó-Morera
* Casa Milà
* Ciutat Vella
* Drassanes and Museu Marítim
* L'Eixample
* Fundació Antoni Tàpies
* Gràcia
* Hospital De La Santa Creu I Sant Pau
* Mercat De La Boqueria
* Monestir De Pedralbes and Collecció Thyssen-Bornemisza
* Monument A Colom
* Museu D'art Contemporani De Barcelona (Macba)
* Museu D'art Modern - Mnac
* Museu Frederic Marès
* Museu del futbol club Barcelona
* Museu D'Història De La Ciutat
* Museu Tauri De La Monumental
* Museu Tèxtil I D'Indumentària
* Palau Güell
* Palau De Mar
* Palau De La Música Catalana
* Palau Reial De Pedralbes
* Parc De La Ciutadella
* Parc Del Clot
* Parc De La Creueta Del Coll
* Parc De L'Espanya Industrial
* Parc De Joan Miró
* Parc Del Laberint
* Pavelló Barcelona
* Plaça De Catalunya
* Plaça Del Rei
* Plaça Reial
* Plaça Sant Jaume
* Port Vell
* Tibidabo and Serra De Collserola
* Vila Olímpica
* Barcelona's Metro
Vicinity
+ Vicinity
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Highly Recommended )
The Museum of Modern Art shares a wing of the imposing Palau de la Ciutadella, with the Parliament of Catalonia, on the far side of the Parc de la Ciutadella. Its collections follow on from those of the National Museum of Catalan Art, completing a period spanning the 11th to 20th centuries, and are devoted to Catalan art from the mid-19th century to around 1930.
The collection starts with works by Maria Fortuny, the earliest of the Modernistas and the first Catalan artist to be known widely abroad, and friends Ramon Casas, whose work once hung on the walls of Els Quatre Gats, and Santiago Rusinyol. However, the highlight of the museum is, without doubt, its decorative arts collection: jewellery, textiles, stained glass, ironwork, sculptures, ceramics and painted screens by Homar, Puig I Cadafalch and Gaudí, among others.
The extravagance of Modernisme was succeeded by the less adventurous Noucentisme movement, which attempted to reintroduce the more harmonious values of Classical and Mediterranean art, epitomised by the works of Casanovas and Sunyer. The fascinating exhibition draws to a close with a series of striking avant-garde sculptures by Gargallo and Juli González, dating from the 1920s and 30s.
Address: Plaça d'Armes, Parc de la Ciutadella
Phone: 93 319 57 28
Open: Tue-Sat 8-7; Sun and hols 10-2:30. Closed Mon
Metro: Arc de Triomf, Barceloneta
Accessible: Good
Admission: Moderate
Other: Barceloneta; Palau de Mar; Parc de la Ciutadella
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