Last Saturday will remain in my memory for many things, not only because of that fancy place where I played the piano, and not only because of the fireworks that you saw here, but also because of the unique opportunity to walk among the most famous works of art of the Museo del Prado. For this, I did not even need to go to Madrid, nor to secure for myself a ticket to this museum in advance. No, none of that, because imagine, the doors of this museum were wide open to all of us who had just walked along this street in Altea. More precisely, it is a promenade by the sea, Sant Pere, which is located next to the fishing port of Altea.
The street that the tourists and the citizens of Altea normally take on their way home after a day by the sea, the pavement I walked so many times on our chilling walks while we lived here, is now an artistic sanctuary where the murmur of ancient brushstrokes mixes with the sea breeze.
For me, it was a really nice surprise to find this open-air exhibition while waiting for my friend. The only issue was the heat, but I forgot about it as soon as I started taking some photos of these large panels. There are 50 life-size masterpieces, exhibited here under the sun and stars, and you are invited too to stop, look and go back in time through these paintings. The exhibition ends on the 21st of September, so if you are somewhere close to Altea, or visiting this area, you still have time to take this artistic walk here.
Although the main purpose of a painting is to get lost in its colours, shapes and receive a message, or simply adore the art and skills of the most famous artists in history, here, in these large panels you can also read the names of the paintings, meet the artists and learn a little more about the history of the same piece of art. Most of these paintings were more than familiar to me, and I think they are to you, too.
Let's see... Haven't you already seen the beauty of the following paintings? Perhaps yes, from some books, from the TV or maybe you have seen them in real life, if you have visited Madrid and this famous museum, Museo Nacional del Prado. But we can always find pleasure in art, this time from a different place, looking at the protagonists of the following scenes from a different setting, from the seashore.
This was the first section of the prints representing the most famous Spanish paintings exhibited in the Prado, well, just the selection of them that I took photos of from this open-air exhibition in Altea. However, among the 50 masterpieces, there were also Italian, Flemish and French paintings.
My parents have a book of the Prado Museum at their home. When I was small, I used to leaf through that thick book as well, although I didn't understand a lot about art and paintings. However, I do remember this painting as the weird and strange details were somehow "too much" for me when I was small. I guess I was somehow upset haha, or didn't understand why someone had to paint such a painting with so many skeletons and skulls.
Another Flemish painting that I remember from those moments of small mipiano leafing through the Prado book, and once again, I didn't understand anything about these details. 😅
I am anyway glad that I recognised these two paintings that were once, in my childhood, just a display of weird stuff from one museum. Now, this museum is placed in my mind as an important institution for absorbing the highest level of art, which these days has moved with 50 prints of super famous paintings to the shores of the Mediterranean Sea.
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In case you also want to walk among these large panels filled with colours by very important artists from the past, you know the place. The town of Altea, Sant Pere promenade.
