Barcelona 1900
21 September 2007 - 20 January 2008The landmark exhibition Barcelona 1900 celebrates the astonishing transformation of this vibrant city between 1880 and 1909. In this period Barcelona underwent an impressive architectural development and flourished socially and artistically. The exhibition will provide an insight into a city which continues to intrigue visitors and inspire artists and architects to this day. All the leading artists of that period - Pablo Picasso, Isidre Nonell, Santiago Rusiñol, Alexandre de Riquer and Ramon Casas - as well as the architects - Antoni Gaudí, Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch - whose legacy is still so powerful, are represented often by works that are rarely on view to the public.
Barcelona 1900 takes the visitor on a tour of the significant places in the city from the Ramblas via the Palau de la Música Catalana and the Hospital de Sant Pau on to Gaudí’s Park Güell and the church of the Sagrada Familia. Some 200 works of art including paintings, drawings and sculpture and also furniture, jewellery, scale models, films, stage scenery and mosaics reveal the remarkable breadth of artistic creation.
Visual and applied arts
 | The exhibition will feature paintings by many of the leading artists of this period, including a series of 12 portraits on paper by the young Picasso of himself and his artist friends. This series has been reunited especially for this exhibition. Also, the exhibition features some striking examples of applied arrts, such as a complete interior by designer Joan Busquets, bewitchingly beautiful jewellery by Lluís Masriera and extravagant pieces of furniture designed by Antoni Gaudí. |
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| Visitor's guide and audio tour Accompanying the Barcelona 1900 exhibition is a free booklet (in English and Dutch). This travel guide leads the visitior through the exhibition. A combined audio tour is available for both the exhibition and the permanent collection in English, Dutch, French and Spanish. Price € 4. Listen to a preview and take a quick audio tour of both the exhibition and the city, or subscribe to our podcast. |
Catalogue
The Barcelona 1900 exhibition catalogue, edited by guest curator Teresa-M. Sala (Professor Titular d’Universitat de Barcelona), will be available in English and Dutch (paperback), 196 pages, 160 illustrations, € 29,95. The book will also be available in French, Spanish and Catalonian, € 39,95 (hardback). Available in the museum shop, via www.vangoghmuseumshop.com and quality bookshops.
The exhibition is organised in collaboration with guest-curator Teresa-M. Sala of the University of Barcelona.
 | Rabobank is sponsor of Barcelona 1900. This sponsorship is the result of a long-term collaboration between Rabobank and the Van Gogh Museum. |
With thanks to the Institut Ramon Llull, Het Concertgebouw, de Vrije Academie, Instituto Cervantes, SRC Cultuurvakanties and the Spanish Road Traffic Agency.
