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[frankfosterphotography]

curtains,

Casa Batllo, Barcelona, Spain.

[m1male2]

Sagrada Familia, Barcelona, España

[cpleblow]

Unofficial Banksy Exhibit in Barcelona

Yes, we pretty much figured it was unofficial as soon as we saw it, but we had an hour to kill before we needed to catch a bus back to Allela where we were staying with friends...so why not! I took a fair number of photos but this is the only one that I'm willing to publish on my tumblr.

©Cpleblow Photography (2024)

[dwellerinthelibrary]

A statuette of Horus of Buto -- an enthroned man with a lion's head, wearing only a kilt and the elaborate hemhem crown.

When: Late Period

Where: Egyptian Museum, Barcelona

[itlswhatltls]

Oh I had the most wonderful day today ❤️

[allthedesiredusernamesaretaken]

... stained glass ...

Stained glass ceiling at Palau Mornau (Hash Museum), Carrer Ample 35, Barcelona

Architect: Manuel Joachim RaspallI Mayol, 1908

[vogelpsittacines]

They seem to be cozying up.

[eythanxo]

Perdido por #Francia 🌟🌟🌟

[wgm-beautiful-world]

Palau Mornau (Hash Museum) - Barcelona, ESPAÑA

[betrosla]

Casa Ametller. Barcelona. Catalunya. 16/02/2024. Foto de Pepín.

[svampira]

friendship ending vacations real cause we didnt even fight i just came home and realised i do naut like this bitch

[gatomontanyes]

| Domingo en Barcelona, 2024

The best thing about Barcelona is the free museums on Sunday. Had fun visiting the Maritime Museum and MUHBA last Sunday.

[thomarse]

Barcelona, view from Montjuic

[useless-catalanfacts]

Paintings by Josefa Teixidor, also known as Pepita Teixidor (1875-1914). Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.

Josefa Teixidor is considered the best flower painter in the Catalan Modernist movement, an art movement where flowers and nature were very present. She was celebrated during her life, and she was chosen as one of the three artist who would represent Catalonia in the Universal Exhibition held in Paris in 1900, together with Ramon Casas and Santiago Rusiñol.

Despite the recognition of her work, at the time women weren't usually allowed to exhibit their work in art galleries. Josefa Teixidor, together with other Catalan women artists of the time like Lluïsa Vidal, Visitación Ubach, Antònia Farreras, and Maria Lluïsa Güell, fought for the right of women to exhibit their art in Barcelona. Her success allowed her to exhibit her work here and also in France. She was also involved in the Catalan feminist magazine Feminal, that gave support to and published about the work of women artists, scientists and industrials.

She was awarded both in Catalonia and in France. Soon after her early death at 39 years old, she became the first woman who was neither a saint nor a queen to have a statue dedicated to her in Barcelona, Catalonia's capital city. (Even nowadays, Barcelona only has 14 statues of women who aren't saints nor queens, and that is including fictional characters. For comparison, Barcelona has at least 168 statues of real men in that category).

Inauguration of Josefa Teixidor's bust in Barcelona's Parc de la Ciutadella public park. 1917. Catalonia National Archive.

Bust to Pepita Teixidor nowadays.

Sadly, most of her work is owned by private collectors, only the three paintings included in this post are owned by a museum (MNAC). However, MNAC owns a huge collection and exhibits only a fraction of it, and none of Josefa Teixidor's works are displayed.

While making this post, it was difficult to find images of her work in good quality, because for some reason MNAC didn't have her works uploaded to their online catalogue. I sent them a message about it, and they answered the next day with the three works uploaded on their website (many things can be achieved by complain at the right people!). I hope making these paintings publicly available, together with this post, will make Josefa Teixidor more present in our minds. Sadly, she has been forgotten by most of society, while her male contemporaries like Rusiñol and Casas are still among the most famous artists of all times in our country. When we think of Modernist painters, from now on I hope we also think of Josefa Teixidor.

[dwellerinthelibrary]

An unfinished stela on which Cleopatra VII, and Ptolemy XIII or Ptolemy XIV, make offerings to a lioness-headed goddess and the god Heka. Empty columns have been left for hieroglyphs to be added.

When: Ptolemaic Egypt

Where: Egyptian Museum, Barcelona

[tilbageidanmark]

Picasso - The Kiss, 1966

(May not be real)