Spain from an English perspective

On the shores of the Mediterranean, right on the Costa Dorada, Tarragona offers us an important legacy of monuments amid extensive beaches. Visitors who are interested in culture and art don’t should miss the Museum of Modern Art in Tarragona, Spain.

The Museum of Modern Arts was created by the Diputació of Tarragona in 1976 with the purpose of preserving and showing its artistic patrimony. The Diputació collections were actually started at the beginning of the sixties, upon acquiring all the works by the sculptor Julio Antonio that had been kept by his sisters. From that time on, and with the advic of Lluís M. Saumells, director of the School of Arts of Tarragona other collections were purchased, namely those by the sculptors Santiago Costa i Vaqué, Salvador Martorell i Ollé and the painter Josep Sancho i Piqué. Since 1943, yearly at first, and biyearly later on, the Diputació awarded the Julio Antonio Prize of Sculpture and the Josep Tapiró Prize od Painting, eeping the winnimh works. Some of them were kept as deposits in other institutions, and, at one time, some were sold for reasons unknown. All in all, and for the most part, the winning works have been displayed in the Diputació premises. In 1976, and following the moving of the Workshop and School of Arts From Santa Anna St. to its new location in Sant Pere Sescelades, part of the Casa Martí, the previous seat of the school was made aviable.

Source: Spain-Guides