1 Catedral
2 Fundació Joan Miró
3 Montjuïc
4 Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya (MNAC)
5 Museu Picasso
6 Parc Güell
7 Poble Espanyol
8 La Rambla
9 La Sagrada Família
10 Santa Maria del Mar
This fascinating museum traces the career of the most acclaimed artist of modern times, from early childhood sketches to the major works of later years.
The Picasso Museum is the city's biggest tourist attraction. It contains one of the world's most important collections of Picasso's work and the only one of any significance in his native country.
Pablo Ruiz Picasso was born in Andalucia, but moved to the Catalan capital in 1895, aged 14. He was already an exceptionally gifted artist, and, by the time of his first exhibition here in 1900, was well known. In 1904 he moved to Paris, but nevertheless remained in close contact with Barcelona. The museum contains work from his early years, notably a series of impressionistic landscapes and seascapes, a portrait of his aunt, Tía Pepa (1896), notebook sketches and paintings of street scenes, including Sortida del Teatre (1896) and La Barceloneta (1897), and the menu for Els Quatre Gats (Four Cats) café. Other selected works are from the Blue Period (1901-4), the Pink Period (1904-6), the Cubist (1907-20) and Neo-classical (1920-5) periods, through to the mature works of later years. There are also 41 ceramic pieces donated by his wife, Jacqueline, in 1982, which graphically demonstrate the astonishing artistic development of this great master.Address: Carrer Montcada 15-25
Phone: 93 319 63 10
Open: Tue-Sat and hols 10-8, Sun 10-3. Closed Mon
Restaurant: Café-restaurant (Moderately priced)
Bus: 14, 17, 19, 36, 39, 40 45, 51, 57, 59, 64, 157
Metro: Jaume I
Accessible: Very good
Admission: Expensive (free first Sun of month)
Other: Museu Tèxtil i d'Indumentària
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