Mallorca is an island I’ve always enjoyed and Palma, the main town, is a posh little place …
… this is a display in the local branch of Louis Vuitton.
I head to a gallery, which turns out to be excellent and, surprisingly in a touristy place, free.
The Museu Fundación Juan March, in an old mansion, has works by some of the 20th Century’s most important Spanish artists, including Picasso, Juan Gris and Salvador Dalí.
One piece is Joan Miró’s Le Perroquet (The Parrot) from 1937, decidedly cheerful despite Miró producing some grim paintings before and during the Spanish Civil War. This is one work by a surrealist that I can understand.
While not overly political, Miró did create one well-known painting (not in Palma’s gallery) …
… Aidez l’Espagne (Help Spain) in support of the legitimate (and doomed) Republican government fighting the Fascists. Designed as a stamp, but never issued, it shows a Catalan peasant making a Loyalist salute.
After all that culture, I need a drink … … and then, heading back to the ship, snap a few shots.
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Links to past posts on Mallorca:
http://trainsandboatsandplanesandtheoddbus.blogspot.ca/2014/11/mediterranean-2014-part-nine.html