The\nfirst semester of 2019 I had the opportunity to take the Friends to a couple of\nitineraries on foot. The first took us to Girona. The second, to the Maresme\nshore.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A stroll around the Girona region <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The day began in\nSant Juli\u00e0 de Ramis<\/strong> to get to know\nthe Dor Museum<\/a> which is hidden\nin a military fortress that was constructed between the end of the 19th<\/sup>\ncentury and the beginning of the 20th<\/sup> century. After a coffee to build up our energy, we\nstarted to explore the recent museum, which is not even one year old yet.\nJewels, precious stones, spectacularly shaped gems, pieces of crockery and\nsculptures, allowing us to get to know the skills of such prominent names as\nElsa Peretti, Amador Braojos or Rosa Bisbe. In addition, the museum dedicates a\nspace to the great Josep Maria Subirachs, providing us with an excellent review\nof his artistic career. <\/p>\n\n\n\n As if that wasn’t enough, we had time to discover a unique space: the studio and gallery of Quim Hereu, the painter defined as the maximum proponent of Strambotism. Yes, you read it correctly: Strambotism<\/a>. To say that his painting is bizarre or even odd, is too obvious . Place in a cocktail-shaker artists as varied as Dal\u00ed, Botticelli, Collier, Bouguereau, Magritte, and who knows how many more, and you will begin to approach the art of Hereu.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The mornings are\nfor the public. The afternoons and\nevenings are the moments in which the artist works on his artworks, some of\nwhich are huge canvases that are exhibited in the space. So, having had lunch in the restaurant run by\nthe famous chef, Jordi Cruz, we headed to Girona<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After crossing the river Onyar, at the foot of the mythical steps that make us raise our eyes towards the Cathedral<\/a>, we found out about part of the origins of the walled city, understanding the reasons for its aspect, and enjoying the spaces that seem to have been held up in time. A few minutes later, Mela Muter<\/a> awaited us to catch us in every look. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The expressiveness of her brushstrokes, the roughness in the textures caused by the painting paste positioning seems to draw out all the experiences lived, all the thoughts and scars that marked her existence. Mela Muter did not leave us indifferent and her work remained caught in our retinas while crossing the Devesa<\/a> park, ready to go back to Barcelona. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Only to get a brief taste, the\nsecond excursion of the year had two notable protagonists: the hats reunited by\nJosep Casamartina in the Fundaci\u00f3 Palau<\/a> of Caldes\nd\u2019Estrac <\/strong>and Arenys de Mar<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Dedicating a few hours to exploring the art of Arenys was simply not enough when given by Joan Miquel Llodr\u00e0, a local from Arenys and guide that you can find throughout the Catalan geography, who showed us around some of the most artistic corners of his town: starting with the cemetery, we walked around the parish church of Santa Maria<\/a>, the Museu de la Punta<\/a> (The Lace Museum) and he showed us some other secrets that we couldn’t even have imagined. And, in each stroll of the Friends, there are details that are brand new and totally surprising! <\/p>\n\n\n\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/blog.museunacional.cat\/wp-content\/uploads\/visitant-el-Dor-Museum-3.jpg\")
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<\/a>The Friends on the Maresme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n