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Ca'n Prunera - Museu Modernista
GALLERY, HISTORIC BUILDING
(
http://canprunera.com
;
Carrer de Sa Lluna 86-90; adult/child €5/free; 10.30am-6.30pm Mar-
Oct, closed Mon Nov-Feb)
One of Mallorca's standout galleries, Ca'n Prunera occupies a
landmark Modernista mansion. The list of luminaries here is astonishing - works by Joan
Miró, along with single drawings by Toulouse-Lautrec, Picasso, Gauguin, Klimt, Kand-
insky, Klee, Man Ray and Cezanne. Also part of the permanent collection is a gallery de-
voted to Juli Ramis (1909-90), a Sóller native and world-renowned painter who had his
studio in the neighbouring village of Biniaraix, plus works by Miquel Barceló, Antoni
Tapiès and Eduardo Chillida.
There's also the strangely mesmerising
Movement
(2006) by Francesca Martí, a sculp-
ture garden out the back, and a display of dolls from the early 20th century… In total, a
rich and varied selection.
But this is so much more than a who's who of European masters and the building itself
complements the eclectic collection. The mansion is a study in Modernista style, from
the muted but intriguing stone and wrought-iron facade to the elaborate ceilings and
early-20th-century furnishings.
Sala Picasso & Sala Miró
GALLERY
(Plaça d'Espanya 6, Estación de Tren; 10am-6.30pm)
Few train stations have such a
rich artistic legacy. In two rooms at street level in Sóller's station, there are two in-
triguing art exhibitions, the Sala Picasso and Sala Miró. The former has more than 50
ceramics by Picasso from 1948 to 1971, many bearing the artist's trademark subjects:
dancers, women, bullfighting. The latter is home to a series of playful, colour-charged
prints by the Catalan master; Miró's maternal grandfather was from Sóller.
Església de Sant Bartomeu
CHURCH
(Plaça de la Constitució; 11am-1.15pm & 3-5.15pm Mon-Thu, 11am-1.15pm Fri & Sat, noon-1pm
Sun)
A disciple of architect Antoni Gaudí, Joan Rubió got some big commissions in
Sóller. The town didn't want to miss the wave of modernity and so Rubió set to work in
1904 on the renovation of the 16th-century Església de Sant Bartomeu. The largely
baroque church (built 1688-1723) preserved elements of its earlier Gothic interior, but
Rubió gave it a beautiful if unusual Modernista facade.
The interior is gilded yet sombre with dimly lit chapels offset by the ornate altarpiece.
Our favourite perspective is to walk towards the altar, and then turn for a view of the
