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The museum has probably the greatest display of Romanesque items in the world, centred around a series of magnificent 12th century frescoes. The most remarkable are the wall paintings from Sant Climent de Taüll and Santa Maria de Taüll. There’s also an expanding Gothic collection besides works by El Greco, Zurbarán and Velázquez. The museum also houses the entire body of 20th century art, furniture and sculpture. We strongly recommend the Romanesque and the Modernist period.




 * ROMANESQUE **
 * C ** atalonia’s fine art has a long tradition. It began where Spanish medieval painting was born- in the Pyrenees, where Romanesque churches were brightened by bold frescoes full of imagination.

Christ in Majesty, painted in 1123. The last judgment, painted in xIIth century.

Barcelona’s art school opened above La Llotja in 1849 and new patrons of the arts appeared with wealth generated by the industrial revolution. Among the most outstanding artist, we could mention Marià Fortuny, who had lived in Rome and Paris. He had lived the first Impressionist exhibition in Paris and had a great influence on the painters who featured the Modernist movement: Santiago Rusiñol and Ramon Casas.
 * 19TH CENTURY ART**

1.Romeu on a Tandem 2. Plein air The other important modernist painter was Santiago Rusiñol.

**Female figure and Eve.** Santiago Rusiñol, the son of a textile magnate, bought a house in Sitges, Cau Ferrat, which became a Modernista haunt. Today is a beautiful museum overlooking the Mediterranean sea. Sitges became a must for modernist artist and intellectuals of the time.