| It has a collection of over 3,500 works of the painter from Málaga. |
It opened its doors to the public for the first time on 9 March 1963.
The Collection
The museum was established thanks to the idea of James Sabartés, a personal friend of Pablo Picasso and secretary since 1935. Sabartés donated to the city his collection of Picasso's works, the first with which the museum was. In 1968, the death Sabartés, Picasso himself gave the gallery a series of 58 tables on Las Meninas and the portrait he had done to Jaume Sabartés in 1901. In addition, pledged to donate more works for the exhibition.
In 1970 the artist made a second donation consisting of more than 920 works of different styles and techniques. The donations continued and the museum grew in importance. In 1982 his widow handed over to the museum of more than forty pieces of pottery. The following year, the heirs made donation of 117 prints. The collection has been supplemented with various gifts, both individuals and various art galleries.
Most of the paintings that were exhibited in the museum are for the period between 1890 and 1917. Highlight works as Science and Charity, 1897, or Harlequin, 1917. From the time after the artist's Blue Period, the museum has very few works. The most remarkable is the series Las Meninas, painted in 1957.
The collection of engravings and lithographs basically comprises the period between 1962 and 1982. Picasso himself gave the museum a copy of each of his works produced after the death of Sabartés in 1968. It also includes some of the illustrations that the Malaga made for various editions of books. The museum exhibit is complete with pottery donated by Jacqueline Picasso, the artist's widow.
The museum
The buildings that house the collection of Picasso's works also have their own history. Aguilar Palace, which opened the museum is a building built in the thirteenth century. It belonged to Berenguer Aguilar who was named. Subsequently, owners were various members of the Catalan bourgeoisie until the building was purchased by the City of Barcelona in 1953. Inside the palace they found remains of thirteenth-century paintings currently on display at the National Museum of Catalan Art.
The expansion of the collection, the museum also had to extend them with various outbuildings, all built in the thirteenth century. The museum occupies a total of six buildings occupying an area of 10,628 m².
The Collection
The museum was established thanks to the idea of James Sabartés, a personal friend of Pablo Picasso and secretary since 1935. Sabartés donated to the city his collection of Picasso's works, the first with which the museum was. In 1968, the death Sabartés, Picasso himself gave the gallery a series of 58 tables on Las Meninas and the portrait he had done to Jaume Sabartés in 1901. In addition, pledged to donate more works for the exhibition.
In 1970 the artist made a second donation consisting of more than 920 works of different styles and techniques. The donations continued and the museum grew in importance. In 1982 his widow handed over to the museum of more than forty pieces of pottery. The following year, the heirs made donation of 117 prints. The collection has been supplemented with various gifts, both individuals and various art galleries.
Most of the paintings that were exhibited in the museum are for the period between 1890 and 1917. Highlight works as Science and Charity, 1897, or Harlequin, 1917. From the time after the artist's Blue Period, the museum has very few works. The most remarkable is the series Las Meninas, painted in 1957.
The collection of engravings and lithographs basically comprises the period between 1962 and 1982. Picasso himself gave the museum a copy of each of his works produced after the death of Sabartés in 1968. It also includes some of the illustrations that the Malaga made for various editions of books. The museum exhibit is complete with pottery donated by Jacqueline Picasso, the artist's widow.
The museum
The buildings that house the collection of Picasso's works also have their own history. Aguilar Palace, which opened the museum is a building built in the thirteenth century. It belonged to Berenguer Aguilar who was named. Subsequently, owners were various members of the Catalan bourgeoisie until the building was purchased by the City of Barcelona in 1953. Inside the palace they found remains of thirteenth-century paintings currently on display at the National Museum of Catalan Art.
The expansion of the collection, the museum also had to extend them with various outbuildings, all built in the thirteenth century. The museum occupies a total of six buildings occupying an area of 10,628 m².
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