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Josep Aragay Municipal Museum

Breda

The Josep Aragay Municipal Museum preserves an important part of the work of this artist and theorist of the noucentisme.

The Josep Aragay Municipal Museum preserves an important part of the work of this artist and theorist of the noucentisme.

The Josep Aragay Municipal Museum of Breda was founded in 1974 and is located in the old church of Santa Maria, from the 12th century. Monographically dedicated to the nineteenth-century artist Josep Aragay i Blanchar (Barcelona 1889 – Breda 1973), it has an important collection of paintings, ceramics, drawings and etchings.

SPACES

<p>The Museum exhibits a collection of decorative pottery, dishes, vases, tiles and objects of all kinds that Aragay created with the highest artistic standards.</p>
Decorative pottery by Josep Aragay
Decorative pottery by Josep Aragay
<p>Josep Aragay, one of the most discussed painters of the period, remained faithful to Noucentisme until the end of his life.</p>
Pottery by Josep Aragay
Pottery by Josep Aragay
<p>In the apse of the Museum, a selection of the best etchings by the artist are on display.</p>
Etchings by Josep Aragay
Etchings by Josep Aragay
<p>The Museum displays some of the drawings Aragay published in major magazines and satirical weekly magazines sold in the country.</p>
Drawings by Josep Aragay
Drawings by Josep Aragay

OBJECTS

<p><em>El blat (Wheat)</em>, Josep Aragay, 1928. Ceramic vase.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
El blat (Wheat)
El blat (Wheat)
<p>Ceramic vase used to decorate the cornice of the Santa Anna fountain in Barcelona, Josep Aragay, 1918.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Ceramic vase
Ceramic vase
<p><em>Finestra oberta (Open Window)</em> or <em>Interior d&#39;una cambra (Inside a room),</em> Josep Aragay, 1922. Oil on canvas.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Finestra oberta (Open Window)
Finestra oberta (Open Window)
<p><em>Vacances (Holidays),</em> Josep Aragay, 1923. Oil on canvas.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Vacances (Holidays)
Vacances (Holidays)
<p><em>Setmana Santa? (Easter?),</em> Josep Aragay, 1937. Etching.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Setmana Santa? (Easter?)
Setmana Santa? (Easter?)
<p><em>Festa Major (Festival),</em> Josep Aragay, 1937. Etching.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Festa Major (Festival)
Festa Major (Festival)
<p><em>L&#39;Explorador </em>(The Explorer), Josep Aragay, 1912. Charcoal drawing.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
L'Explorador (The Explorer)
L'Explorador (The Explorer)
<p>Original drawings by Josep Aragay for the magazine<em> Borinot</em>, 1923.&nbsp;Josep Aragay Municipal Museum. Breda.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>
Drawings for the magazine Bori
Drawings for the magazine Borinot

INFORMATION

ADDRESS
Carrer Nou, 2
17400 Breda  (La Selva)
FEES

  Free of charge

 

 
TELEPHONE
+34 972 870 012
OPENING TIMES

Saturdays, 10.30 am to 2 pm, and 5 pm to 7 pm

Sundays, 10.30 am to 2 pm
EMAIL
museuaragay@breda.cat

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