MUSEU PABLO PICASSO

C/ Montcada 15-23
08003 Barcelona, Spain

October 13^th, 2009

I Fell in love with Picasso when I went to the Picasso Museum in Barcelona. The Barri Gothic quarter is enchanting and I would say my favorite place to go walk around and shop in Barcelona. My favorite part of the museum was watching the transformation of painting styles that Picasso expressed with the evolution of his works. The Picasso Museum is comprised of a series of connected palaces consisting of five buildings. These buildings root back to the thirteenth century, and gave me a feeling of the historical Barri Gothic of Barcelona. The five buildings of the Museum are directly linked to Catalan history. They represent what Catalan history incorporated into its culture six hundred years ago, and what the history can bring to the present. Palau Agullar was owned by several noble families throughout the 1300’s, and was eventually sold to a merchant named Berenguer d’Aguilar in 1400. Generations of the Aguilar family continually redecorated the palace, leaving behind hints of the diverse styles used throughout the centuries, until it was sold to the Clerch and Pons families in 1837. In 1961, upon the restoration, decorative murals were found dating back to the thirteenth century. In the 1920s, 970 Picasso works were donated to the museums putting Barcelona on the map for one of the great collections of Spanish art. Not only do these buildings themselves represent Catalan history, but what they house is also considered a symbol of Catalan history and culture. Picasso is a direct link that the people of Barcelona can relate to and take pride in having in their culture. These buildings allow people to see the connections within their culture and strengthen their roots to the city.