Convento de San Agustín de Málaga (San Agustín Convent), Malaga

The Convent of Saint Augustin is located on the Calle San Augustin in Malaga. This is Picasso's neighborhood. The convent is next to the Palacio de Buenavista and the Picasso Museum. It was built on land purchased by the Augustinian Friars in 1575. The street at that time was called Calle de los Caballeros.

In 1810 the convent was damaged by the French invasion and it did not resume activities until 1812. This was at the height of Napoleon's busy time. During the years that followed the convent was a city hall, then a blood hospital, then a seminary. After all that shuffling, it became an Augustinian school in 1918.

The convent was familiar to Picasso. His father was curator of paintings that were exhibited in the town hall. The school allowed his father the use of a workshop as a studio where he taught art. The teacher recalled the workshop was nothing special. "A little dirtier...than the one I had at home; but it was quiet..."