Pablo Picasso and the Sala Gaspar (1955-1973)

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Image courtesy of Museu Picasso.

Thanks to the efforts of Picasso's personal secretary, Jaume Sabartés, and the artist Antoni Clavé, in 1955 the cousins Joan and Miquel Gaspar met Pablo Picasso in Vallauris, accompanied by Picasso's childhood friend Joan Vidal i Ventosa, Sabartés and Clavé. The trust that was generated between Picasso and the Barcelona gallery owners made it possible for the Gaspars to put on regular exhibitions about the artist in their gallery on Consell de Cent Street from 1956 on. The exhibition presents the close friendship between Pablo Picasso and Jacqueline Roque, along with cousins Joan and Miquel Gaspar and their respective partners, Elvira Farreras and Ena Alba. The commitment to the artist and his work, together with the love that Picasso felt for Barcelona, was crucial in the role that it played for the Picasso legacy in our city. 

Pablo Picasso and the Sala Gaspar (1955-1973) takes a tour of the various exhibitions that were held by Picasso in the Sala Gaspar and features many works currently on display. It also illustrates the arrival of Las Meninas at the Picasso Museum, at which the Gaspars were present and who helped make it possible. The friendship, the recognition of the Gaspar family towards the "Master," as they called him, and the professional and friendly relationships with other characters who intervened is the core of the discourse. It is, in short, a tribute to the friendship and the prominent role of the Gaspar gallery owners in the recognition of Pablo Picasso.

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