Galeria Villa Alegre presents a captivating look into the visual past of the Catalan capital through this exhibition devoted to photographer Jacques Léonard. 🎨

This exhibition brings together a curated selection of photographs recovered directly from the negatives of the French artist, offering visitors a unique and little-known perspective of his work.

🎨 Jacques Léonard: Barcelona inèdita, anys 50

📅 From October 21 to November 19, 2026

🕐 Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM

📍 Galeria Villa Alegre (Via Augusta, 175), Barcelona

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📖 An unseen gaze into everyday life

The exhibition showcases a series of photographs that step away from the subject matter for which Jacques Léonard is best known. Although the photographer is widely acclaimed for his remarkable documentary work on Barcelona's Romani community, ongoing study of his archive continues to uncover negatives that had remained unpublished until now.

These pictures reveal Léonard as an attentive and quiet observer of daily street life in the city during the 1950s. The exhibition also features works for sale, offering a rare chance to acquire prints that expand the general understanding of his photographic oeuvre.

🎨 The legacy of Jacques Léonard

Born in Paris in 1909 and passing away in l'Escala in 1994, Jacques Léonard became one of the artists who best captured 20th-century Barcelona. The ongoing preservation of his archive allows new aspects of his documentary output to be brought forward.

Further details regarding the exhibition can be found on the social media profiles of the Photographic Social Vision Foundation.

✨ A unique opportunity to rediscover 1950s Barcelona through photographs recovered from the archives.