Fran Daurel Museum - Barcelona, Spain - Art Museums on Waymarking.com

On the 1 December 2001 the Fran Daurel Foundation of Contemporary Art (painting, sculpture, drawing, ceramics, etc.) opened in Barcelona, within the Poble Espanyol venue, a foundation that has endeavoured to offer a global vision of contemporary art, focusing mainly on Catalan art. The gallery's owner, Francisco Daurella, has been building his collection throughout the past 30 years, displayed in his 1,500 square meter space.

The Fran Daurel collection consists of several generations of contemporary artists that include a wide range of tendencies and supports that go from abstraction to figurative art and which move within formalism, expressionism, surrealism, hyperrealism, conceptualism, etc.

As a way of synthesis, we can distinguish three generations, the first consisting of Picasso, Miró, Oscar Domínguez, Gomez de la Serna, Dali, etc. The second is made up of Tàpies, Clavé, Joan Ponç, Chillida, Guinovart, Palazuelo, Manolo Valdes, etc. Finally, the third is represented by Barceló, Sicilia, Rasero, Plensa, Mata, Riera i Aragó, etc.

This all makes a full list of eighty artists and more than three hundred artworks that continues growing with new acquisitions from all the generations and which form this collection. Also of note is the collection of ceramics, comprising of more than twenty original works by Picasso.

The latest addition to the Fundació Fran Daurel is the Sculpture Garden, which is reached through the Montblanc gate. 3,500 m2 of land has been reclaimed so that visitors can enjoy this permanent open-air sculpture collection. New works have been added to the garden which now comprises a green area featuring 27 sculptures by 20 contemporary artists, forming a landscape in which the figurative and abstract coexist, forming a wide range of shapes and colours which show us contemporary art from a different slant.

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Name: Fran Daurel Museum Location: Av Francesc Ferrer i Guardia, 13 08038 Barcelona Spain Phone Number: 934 234 172 Web Site: [Web Link] Agency/Ownership: Private Hours of operation: Monday from 10am to 6.30pm Tuesday to Sunday, from 10am to 7pm Closed: January 1st, December 25th and 26th Admission Fee: Adult ticket 12,00€ Child ticket (4 to 12) 7,00€ Cafe/Restaurant: no Gift Shop: Not Listed

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