Picasso Museum Barcelona

Picasso Museum Barcelona

The Picasso museum was high on our list for Barcelona, so after a relaxing afternoon, we headed that way.

This is the only place where an entire series of Picasso paintings are all on display together. His versions of Velasquez's Las Meninas formed part of this series of more than 50 works; other elements were Jacqueline portraits and his pigeon cote. These were all from his later period. It was interesting to see how he kept the focus while still shifting elements around.

Las Meninas

We expected to see a lot from his blue period, but there were only perhaps half a dozen. There were a number of paintings by Cézanne and others - from what I read, it seemed that these were on loan from the Musée d'Orsay in exchange for some blue period paintings.

There were some ceramics, but (for me), not as nice a collection as that in Céret (see my post on that here)

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logistics:
- the ticket line is difficult to find - we wandered in and out, then found the place to borrow lockers, audio-guides, and wheelchairs - they finally directed us to the ticket line.
- after you buy your ticket, you have to get in another line to scan it :-\ We missed that part, but the very nice fellow at the elevator did it for us!
- the ticket line was non-existent at 6 pm - when we left (~7:15), the line was about half a block long (I'm sure we would have seen this one!)
- wheelchairs are first-come, first-served; no ID (or anything except a museum ticket) to borrow it.
- no photos!!! The one above is from the museum map 🙄