Picasso's Barcelona

Picasso lived in Barcelona, Spain, mainly from 1895 (almost 14 years old) to 1904, although he would later return on multiple occasions, those nine years were crucial for his training as a painter. The Barcelona that Picasso painted was beginning to emerge as a modern city. Picasso quickly integrated into the cultural circles of the avant-garde and it was there that he began to create his first personal style: the Blue Period.

The time of the artist in the Catalan capital, to which he was always linked, is reflected in the Picasso Museum in Barcelona, created by Picasso's desire and a must for those interested in this great cultural figure of the twentieth century. About 5,000 works (drawings, sculptures, engravings and paintings) make up his permanent collection.
But Picasso permeates Barcelona far beyond the walls of its museum. If you visit the city, you can't miss the opportunity to travel through it by making stops in places related to the genius of Cubism.

You can start with the blocks of the Porxos d'en Xifré, since the ground floor of one of their homes served as a residence for the Ruiz-Picasso family when they arrived in Barcelona. Can you imagine the Malaga artist going up to the terrace to paint the roofs from here and create his first urban landscapes?

Very close by is the House of La Llotja, a treasure of Barcelona's civil Gothic where Picasso's father taught and he himself received training. Later, the artist would occupy different studios in various parts of the city such as Calle de la Plata.

In Nova Square, you will find three friezes that the Norwegian sculptor and photographer Carl Nesjar made on the facade of the Col·legi d'Arquitectes, based on drawings by Picasso.

And, finally, a very special stop: the café-restaurant "Els Quatre Gats", which was the center of the meetings of intellectuals of modernist Barcelona at the end of the 19th century. A poster designed by Picasso himself will invite you to enter this place heir to that first cafe that Picasso frequented and where for the first time they exhibited his drawings.

Barcelona is still today an example of an avant-garde and cosmopolitan city and is the heir to that city that dazzled Picasso and opened the doors of modernity to him. Come and discover Picasso's Barcelona.