Puppets, miniature theatres, dolls, games, furniture, books… The effort to combine art and education in the first half of the XX century brought on numerous results. The exhibition at the Museo Picaso in Málaga, Toys of the avant-garde, brings together an outstanding collection of objects and works by artists who created them with no other aim in mind but the enjoyment of their family and friends.

Pablo Picasso, Paul Klee, Joan Miró, Sophie Taueber-Arp, Henri Cartier Bresson, Alexander Rodchenko, Bruno Munari, El Lissitzky and Joaquín Torres García are only a few names among the 60 artists represented in this show, which revolves around the game as the main theme but touches on other disciplines as well.

Through art, literature, theatre, photography, graphic design and cinema, these artists tried to show children about the forms and concepts generically known as Modern Art.

The exhibition delves into the little known relationship between art and education and presents multiple projects for children that were created all around Europe during this revolutionary period. Today they represent outstanding examples of plastic and literary movements – the starting point for present art and design. 

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