Painted for best effect

Carrer Flassaders

By now you know how very richly decorated Barcelona’s old buildings can be (and often are), but I hadn’t shown you any that have been painted for best effect. About time, don’t you think? OK, well here are a few which I hope will tickle your fancy…

Avinguda Francesc Cambò

… some are trompe l’oeil (above), some appear to tell a story,  like the one on Carrer Flassaders, and yet others were painted purely for decorative reasons.

Carrer Carders

All are striking and in this modern age, where adding so much detail to a building is simply too costly, an unusual sight.

Carrer de la Tarongeta

Rambla de Calatunya

Sometimes the paint is peeling and flaking, as a result of spending too many hours in the sun, and on some buildings the paint remains only in a niche, and is all but faded…

Plaça del Padró

Carrer Grunyi

… but whether baroque in style, with a story to tell, or simply graphic or linear in nature, I love any building that has been painted for best effect!

Carrer de les Jonqueres

This post is dedicated to my cousin Jacqui, who’s birthday is today, and who is a fine art painter – happy birthday gorgeous girl!