Around 1900, Barcelona emerged as one of Europe’s most dynamic cultural centers. Amid industrialization, the city’s rapid growth, and resulting social conflicts, Catalan Modernisme took shape there.
It is the first exhibition in Germany to focus on this unique cultural scene and explores the city’s artistic developments between 1880 and 1914. Showcasing around 160 paintings, prints, objects, sculptures, pieces of furniture, and architectural models, the presentation illustrates the remarkable stylistic diversity of this movement while placing it within Barcelona’s social and historical context. In addition to well-known figures such as Antoni Gaudí and the young Pablo Picasso, the audience is invited to rediscover numerous outstanding artists who have been unjustly forgotten in Germany. These include the architects Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Puig i Cadafalch, as well as the painters Hermen Anglada Camarasa, Ramon Casas, Joaquim Mir, Isidre Nonell, and Santiago Rusiñol.