The Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer is located in Vilanova i la Geltrú, province of Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain and was founded in 1884 by Víctor Balaguer to thank the city for its support during his
Víctor Balaguer Museum & Library building and grounds
The museum library
Entrance to the main building with stairs flanked by the sculptures of Francesc Armanyà and the poet Manuel de Cabanyes, and the inscription Surge et Ambula.
The arts gallery hall
Joaquin Mir Trinxet
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Joaquin Mir Trinxet was a Spanish artist known for his use of color in his paintings. He lived through a turbulent time in the history of his native Barcelona. His paintings helped to define the Catal
Biblioteca Museu Víctor Balaguer
…and sculptures of the main artists of the first half of the 20th century such as Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas i Carbó, Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Joaquim Mir, Isidre Nonell, Francesc Domingo or Xavier Nogués among others. Most of these paintings are small and they were donated to the Institution in 1956. The…
Joaquin Mir Trinxet (1915)
Landscape (around 1900-03). 496 × 646 mm. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
Terraced Village (circa 1909). 121 × 164 cm. Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.
Casa Trinxet