Where can you see Pablo Picasso in Barcelona?

At the Museu Picasso: Science and Charity, First Communion, Harlequin and Las Meninas. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

What is Pablo Picasso's most famous work in Barcelona?

Science and Charity, of 1897, at the Museu Picasso. A doctor takes the pulse of a sick woman while a nun holds her child: the large academic picture he painted at fifteen, which won a mention at the national exhibition in Madrid.

When and where was Pablo Picasso born?

On 25 October 1881, at Málaga, Spain. Pablo Picasso died on 8 April 1973, at Mougins, France, aged about 92.

What is Pablo Picasso known for?

His family moved to Barcelona in 1895, and he studied at La Llotja. He showed his work for the first time at Els Quatre Gats. He gave the museum his Las Meninas series in 1968. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor, of Cubism.

Painter and sculptor, 1881 to 1973

Pablo Picasso

Picasso came to Barcelona at thirteen, when his father took a post at the city's art school, and left for Paris at twenty-three. The museum on the Carrer de Montcada shows how fast he learnt: the academic pictures of a boy of fifteen, the blue period, and fifty years later his long answer to Velázquez.

Born: 1881, Málaga, Spain
Died: 1973, Mougins, France
Movement: Cubism
In Barcelona: 4 works in 1 museum

Where to see Pablo Picasso in Barcelona

Each work with the museum it hangs in. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.

Museu Picasso4 works

Science and Charity
1897
A doctor takes the pulse of a sick woman while a nun holds her child: the large academic picture he painted at fifteen, which won a mention at the national exhibition in Madrid.
First Communion
1896
A girl in white kneeling at the altar, painted at fourteen and shown at an exhibition in Barcelona that year.
Harlequin
1917
A harlequin painted in Barcelona in 1917, when he came with the Ballets Russes for whom he designed sets and costumes.
Las Meninas
1957
Fifty-eight canvases on Velázquez's picture, painted in a few months in Cannes, taking it apart figure by figure. They hang together in the museum.

The life of Pablo Picasso

The family moved from A Coruña to Barcelona in 1895, and the boy passed into the art school of La Llotja. His academic pictures of those years, First Communion and Science and Charity, made his name in the city before he was sixteen.

He met the city's artists at Els Quatre Gats, went back and forth to Paris and settled there in 1904. The museum opened in 1963, and he gave it the Las Meninas series in 1968 and a large gift of his early work in 1970.

What to know

His family moved to Barcelona in 1895, and he studied at La Llotja
He showed his work for the first time at Els Quatre Gats
He gave the museum his Las Meninas series in 1968

Born: 25 October 1881, Málaga, Spain
Died: 8 April 1973, Mougins, France

Pablo Picasso: common questions

Where can you see Pablo Picasso in Barcelona?: At the Museu Picasso: Science and Charity, First Communion, Harlequin and Las Meninas. Museums move and lend their works, so check before a special journey.
What is Pablo Picasso's most famous work in Barcelona?: Science and Charity, of 1897, at the Museu Picasso. A doctor takes the pulse of a sick woman while a nun holds her child: the large academic picture he painted at fifteen, which won a mention at the national exhibition in Madrid.
When and where was Pablo Picasso born?: On 25 October 1881, at Málaga, Spain. Pablo Picasso died on 8 April 1973, at Mougins, France, aged about 92.
What is Pablo Picasso known for?: His family moved to Barcelona in 1895, and he studied at La Llotja. He showed his work for the first time at Els Quatre Gats. He gave the museum his Las Meninas series in 1968. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter and sculptor, of Cubism.