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| Frederic Marès and his work Nu ajagut |
Today, The Grandma has visited one of the most amazing museums of Barcelona: el Museu Frederic Marès.
The Museum is located next to the old Cathedral and offers the possibility of travel around History thanks to thousands and thousands of sculptures, objects, paintings and maps which belonged to Frederic Marès, one of the most important Catalan artists during the last century.
More information: Museu Frederic Marès
Frederic Marès i Deulovol arrived with his family to Barcelona in 1903. He went to l’Escola de Belles Arts, Escola de la Llotja where he was formed as a sculptor and where he was a teacher until 1964. Marès started to work with Eusebi Arnau in his workshop. In 1913, he travelled to Paris thanks to the Barcelona City Hall.
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| The Grandma visiting the Frederic Marès Museum |
He started to work in portraits and funerary sculpts and continued with commemorative ones.
He participated in some individual and collective expositions in different countries although his work was focused especially in Barcelona.
He participated in some individual and collective expositions in different countries although his work was focused especially in Barcelona.
During the Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) he collaborated with the Generalitat de Catalunya, the Catalan Government, to save the artistic patrimony.
He also helped in the reconstruction of Santa Maria del Mar one of the most important religious buildings of Barcelona.
He also helped in the reconstruction of Santa Maria del Mar one of the most important religious buildings of Barcelona.
The Spanish Civil War changed his life and he left working in civil projects until 1944 when he received the proposal of refurbishing the Royal Graves in the Poblet Monastery.
In 1944, he gave his collections to the city of Barcelona and in 1948 the Frederic Marès Museum was opened. The museum is located in the Royal Palace of the Counts of Barcelona, in the Gothic suburb.
He sculpted lots of monuments which are conserved today in cities like Barcelona, Terrassa, Figueres, Elx, Calaf, Maó, Palma, Mataró, Tossa de Mar and countries like Puerto Rico.
If you have the possibility of visiting this wonderful museum, don't doubt it. You will find incredible things and you will be able to walk into a Gothic palace and know a nice group of professional workers.
Sculpture is the art of the hole and the lump.
Auguste Rodin
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