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Album of drawings by EMILE BOISSELIER. Barcelona The entrance to the port and the castle of Montjuïc

Date
1889
Archive
National Archive of Catalonia
Document type
Produccions Artístiques
Reference code
ANC1-1092-N-69
Link to the online document
Description

The drawing of Barcelona seen from Montjuïc (1889), made by the French artist Émile Boisselier, is part of an album that documents the urban and natural landscapes of Catalonia with an artistic and European perspective. This panoramic view, captured from a strategic point such as Montjuïc, offers an image of the city in full transformation, at the gates of the Universal Exhibition of 1888. Its inclusion allows us to show how the gaze of a European artist contributes to the visual construction of a modern Barcelona, ​​open to the world and in tune with the cultural currents of its time.