Museo Picasso Coleccion Eugenio Arias, Community of Madrid, Spain
4.0 (124 reviews) Wednesday: 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Spent < 1 hour Ranking #2 in Buitrago de Lozoya Art Museums
A unique sample of true friendship
What a gem! This intimate museum is a unique example what true friendship is. The numerous very personally signed copies of books, notebooks and posters as well as graphics and clay work are very unique. And the small size of the museum is refreshing after visiting Prado:) there was even another exhibition in a house nearby showing analyses of Picasso’s early painting which made him famous
Address
Plaza Picasso 1 Madrid, 28730 Buitrago de Lozoya Spain
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Website
http://www.madrid.org/museopicasso
Working hours
Monday :
Tuesday : 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Wednesday : 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Thursday : 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Friday : 11:00 AM - 1:45 PM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Saturday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Sunday : 10:00 AM - 2:00 PM
Current local date and time now
Wednesday, May 15, 2024, 14:20
User Ratings
4.0 based on (124 reviews)
Reviews
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5RatonCantabria 5:00 PM Nov 3, 2013
Personal Picasso
Great little museum, it's such an intimate place, with such personal Picasso art dedicated to his barber. It really is a must see if you're driving up or down the A1 (as is the town of Buitrago, it's full of interesting things to see). The Quijote and bull art is just great, I've taken several visitors here on the way to/from Madrid and they've loved it, and I love it every time I visit. Oh, and it's free to top it all off!
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5Rebrites 5:00 PM Sep 2, 2019
A hidden gem! Very much worth the stop!
We stopped here for coffee on the way north from Madrid, and remembered there was a little Picasso museum... WOW! What a wonderful discovery! Back in the 1950s and 60´s, Buitrago native son and barber Eugenio Arias was plying his trade in Paris among his fellow Spanish exiles, when he met artist Pablo Picasso. The two struck up a friendship that lasted decades, and left the artist well-groomed and Arias well endowed with some interesting original artwork. Eugene returned home once Democracy returned to Spain, and ceded this lovely collection of works to Buitrago de Lozoya. There are not spectacular must-sees masterpieces, but the up-close, well-lit displays of ceramics, drawings, etc. give you a startling awareness of Picasso´s perfect mastery of simple images drawn in a single stroke of a pen or brush. It is breathtaking, and refreshing after all those overstuffed, crowded art museums in Madrid.
