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Travel guide to Spain with
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Let's Discover Barcelona -
When Travelling To Barcelona Visit To The Picasso Museum
Should Be at the Top of Your List |
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By Reed Oxman |
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Spain is a country, a part of the European
continent, both of which are overflowing
with museums, living and/or established
specifically this purpose. So why do I
single out this average size museum amongst
all the living castles and large museums
with very recognisable names. Could this be
due to the single artist that this museum
represents? Or is it possibly due to the
3,500 works that make up its permanent
collection. As you read on, the answers
should become crystal clear. |
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To fully understand an artist,
Pablo Ruiz Picasso, and why his art pieces are associated
with such a continually increasing demand while the supply
remains finite, then
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona becomes indispensable. This
Museum is also key point in understanding Picasso's genius as a
young artist along with his solid and intimate relationship
developed with the City of Barcelona. This relationship that was
originally shaped in Picasso's adolescence and youth, continued
until his death in 1973. |
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The museum boasts, and rightly so, to have
acquired the most complete collection of Picasso's youthful
works found under one roof, that remains open and available for
the visual consumption of the general public. Barcelona must
thank a friend of the artist,
Jaume Sabartes, along with Picasso's wishes, which were made
very clear in 1970 with his own donation of all his early works
to this museum. This very large donation now makes up a large
part of the museum's present total collection, which includes
representations of every period of the artist's life, up to his
death in 1973. |
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The museum also possesses a large and fairly
complete representation of his works starting with an important
chapter in Picasso's life. This chapter begins in 1917, the year
that the artist met Olga Kokhova, kicking off his most important
relationship with a mate. At this point, to stay with Olga, the
artist went to Rome along with the Diaguilev's ballet company.
Later, Picasso, with Olga at his side, travelled to Barcelona.
The purpose of this trip was to introduce her to his Spanish
based family. |
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His stay in Barcelona was long. This period
was marked by his transition from
Cubism to the reencounter with
Classicism. The museum also has a priceless group of works
from his later
Blue Period. |
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Therefore, I hope that after reading my short
article, the traveller can appreciate how a visit to this
exciting and cosmopolitan city of Barcelona cannot be considered
as worth mentioning without highlighting a crucial visit to one
of the most important 20th century born European museums, The
Picasso Museum In Barcelona. |
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Reed Oxman is creator and owner of
A Plus
Binoculars, the best place online to purchase your needed
Binoculars and Digital Binoculars, along with other types such
as Waterproof Binoculars that you, your friends, or family may
need. |
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Recommended Reading
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Rapid
Spanish: Volume 1 |
Rapid
Spanish: Volume 2 |
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