Museu Abelló de Mollet del Vallès Mollet del Vallès
The Abelló Foundation
The art collection of the Fundació Abelló is made up of nearly 10,000 works, a documentary and photographic collection and an important musical collection.
Highlights include the collections of Catalan painting and sculpture from the 19th and 20th centuries, the collections of modernist art, Asian art and African art; of clothing, bullfighting, furniture, porcelain, glass and an important musical and documentary collection.
As for the pictorial collection, it houses part of the work of Abelló, works by Picasso, Dalí, Tàpies, Brossa, Sorolla, Mir, Nonell, Casas, Gimeno, Juan Gris, Clavé, Cuixart, Pellicer or Fortuny. It also has an extensive collection of sculptures by Manolo Hugué, Mariano Benlliure, J. Clarà, Labrador, Rebull and Navarro, among others.
Abelló Museum
The Abelló Museum is located in a modernist building that was inaugurated in 1999. The museum houses part of the collection that the painter from Molletano Joan Abelló gave to the city. In the Abelló Museum there are two permanent exhibitions: one dedicated to the Foundation's art collection, with the title "Modern art in the Abelló collection, 19th and 20th centuries"; and the other, on the work of the painter from Mollet, "Abelló, una tasting". On the ground and lower floors there are two rooms where temporary exhibitions are displayed and outside the facility, the Showcase, a space for the production and dissemination of the visual arts.
The Museum's lobby also hosts small temporary exhibitions with a space displaying the work of local artists.
The Painter's House
It is located next to the Museum, it is an old house on Lluís Duran Street, where Joan Abelló was born. It is linked to the neighboring houses that the painter bought throughout his life to house the works of art and objects that he acquired as a collector. One of the annexed homes is the house where the illustrious politician and Molletano Jordi Solé Tura, considered one of the fathers of the Spanish Constitution, was born.
The Painter's House is a collector's house: rooms, stairs, ground floor, basement, floors... A labyrinth where the visitor discovers the complex, interesting and diverse collection of the artist. A doorway that belonged to the convent of the Angels of Barcelona leads us to the lobby, where a large photograph by Abelló welcomes us.
From there, the visitor is immersed in the universe of Abelló. Currently, a good part of Abelló's former personal quarters, overflowing with works of art and pieces from the collection, still need to be museumized. This space is called the Artist's Workshop and is closed to the public. Guided tours from Thursday to Sunday.
