From Montmartre to Montparnasse. Catalan Artists in Paris (1889-1914)

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Ramon Casas, "Plein air," 1891. MNAC

The Paris that Catalan creators knew at the beginning of the 20th century was the world capital of modern art and the cradle of avant-garde experimentation. Painters, engravers, illustrators, musicians, interpreters, writers, journalists and other personages embodied their perception of the city of light in works that we can now contemplate together in this major exhibition.

This multidisciplinary exhibit allows the public to delve into the urban and human landscape of the time, its daily reality and the ways of living it; we approach the work of artists and their conditions; and also in their moments of leisure and at shows. The portraits and self-portraits complete a panorama that takes place between two great historical events—the Universal Exposition of 1889 and the beginning of the Great War in 1914—and between two urban poles marked by artistic life: Montmartre at the end of the 19th century and Montparnasse, which has been established as a place related to art since the beginning of the 20th century. There are also other Parisian geographies: the Ile de la Cité, Belleville, the Canal de Saint Martin, the boulevards and their surroundings.

Santiago Rusiñol, Ramon Casas, Isidre Nonell, Pablo Picasso Joaquim Sunyer, Lluïsa Vidal, Laura Albéniz, Pau Casals, Isaac Albéniz, Enric Granados, Joaquim Nin, Maria Gay and Jaume Brossa are just some of the names we can find in this sample of artists who lived and worked in Paris, while they struggled to find their way based on the unrelinquished artistic and creative freedom, to make their work known or to respond to orders from art dealers to satisfy the fashion tastes of their clients.

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