The Abelló Museum is a municipal art museum located in Mollet del Vallès, in El Vallès Oriental. Opened on 29 March 1999, its principal collection comprises pieces from artist and collector Joan Abelló, which donated his collection to the city in 1996, creating the Joan Abelló Foundation, an independent organisation of the Mollet del Vallès Town Council. The museum is located in an

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-style building from 1908, of which only the façade has been preserved.

The collection

The collection, entitled ''Modern art from the Abelló collection, 19th-20th centuries'', has more than 5,000 works of art, especially Catalan paintings from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection boasts works from such artists as

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, Modest Cuixart, Salvador Dalí,

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, Pablo Picasso and

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, in addition to Abelló’s own works.Museu Abelló at enciclopedia.cat
/ref> The museum also shows a collection of Romanesque and

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, as well as

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and African art. Noteworthy pieces *

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- ''Porta de l'estudi'' and ''Cap d'home'' *

- ''Esbós per a l'anunci d'Anís del Mono'' *Darío de Regoyos - ''Víctimas de la fiesta'' (1894) *

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- ''Melangia'' * Joan Ponç i Bonet - ''Dau al Set'' (1949) *

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- ''Torero'' (1937) *Pancho Cossio - ''Bodegó''

References

External links

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Local Museum Network site
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