Anglada Camarasa, The Premeditated Archive

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Image courtesy of MNAC

The genesis of this exhibition comes from the generous donation of the archive of the artist Hermen Anglada Camarasa (Barcelona, 1871-Pollença, 1959) to the MNAC, made by Beatriz Anglada and Sílvia Pizarro, daughter and granddaughter of the painter, respectively. This donation coincides with the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth and is part of the celebrations of the Anglada Camarasa Year.   

Following a process of digitization of the archive collection by the museum's Research and Knowledge Center, and given the importance of the collection, it has been decided to display it in the permanent rooms. This exhibition aims to show the most outstanding elements of the archive such as photographs, notebooks and various documents from different periods contextualized with the work of the artist. It will also highlight the importance of Anglada Camarasa during the years before and after the First World War, during which he was the most international Catalan artist since Marià Fortuny.

A hybrid exhibition both documentary and artistic in nature, special emphasis will be placed on the unique collection of photographs taken, often in series, by the artist, at the beginning of the 20th century and which are an indisputable part of his creative process.

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