The History Of The Picasso Museum In 1 Minute

The Picasso Museum is located among the narrow winding streets of the area known as El Born in Barcelona, and is home to one of the most extensive collections of work by the 20th century Spanish artist named Pablo Picasso.
The museum opened its doors in 1963, and was the first museum dedicated to the artist’s work ever to open. Pablo Picasso was born in the town of Málaga in southern Spain but his family moved to Barcelona when he was a young boy. The city held an important place in the artist’s heart throughout the rest of his life. The origins of the museum lie in the desire of Picasso’s life-long friend Jaume Sabartés — to whom Picasso had given many of his paintings, sculptures and other artworks — to open a public museum for all to enjoy Picasso’s oeuvre. It was Picasso himself who suggested that the museum should be opened in the city of Barcelona, given his ties to the Catalan capital.The museum is located inside a series of buildings dating back to the 13th and 14th centuries, designed in the Gothic style of the time, each with their own identity and history. A certain degree of controversy surrounded the opening of the museum given Picasso’s opposition to the leader of the time, General Franco, and as a result it originally opened under the name ‘Sabartés Collection’.