The Image of the Hero in Catalan Sculpture (1800 - 1850) is the latest intervention to be found amongst the museum's modern art collection, due to the collaboration of the GRACMON group ( Research group of the History of Contemporary Art and Design) of the University of Barcelona. Its inauguration coincides with the start of the II Jornades Internacionals d'Activitat del Clàssic (Second International Conference of Classic Activity) which takes place in Barcelona on the 30th and 31st of May 2013.

The Image of the Hero in Catalan Sculpture (1800 - 1850) is a dialogue of sculptures created during the first half of the 19th century, which share the same thematic paradigm, that of the representation of the Hero, and drawings or academias by up-and-coming artists who, precisely because of their drawings of models, have achieved international acclaim. The drawings realised for the exhibition are based on the sculptures that form the route of the overall display/ exhibition, interpreted and elaborated freely, with surprising and suggestive results.

The artists work pays tribute to the sculptures which, generations before them, made that drawings of models became one of the fundamental bases of their work. The display can be seen in a simultaneously in various museums and institutions in Catalonia: in the Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya, the emphasis is placed on the work of Damià Campany, an artist who is also the centre of the work displayed in the Biblioteca Museo Víctor Balaguer in Vilanova I la Geltrú. In the Museu de la Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Bellas Arts de Sant Jordi, the majority of the sculpture produced in the Escuela de Belles Artes during this time is conserved. In the Museu Frederic Marès of Barcelona, the selected to form part of the exhibition bring us a magnificent selection of anatomic fragments in gesso, belonging to the former academic collection.

• Included with the regular ticket of the museum
• From 31/05/2013 to 27/10/2013