Continuing with the training sessions organized by the Catalan Gouvernment, this morning I attended a very interesting seminar on Modernism.
The well-known art historian Mireia Freixa gave us a lecture on how Modernisme (Catalan Art Nouveau) has been interpreted through the last century and what are the current new approaches.
Next, her doctorate student Ms. Fátima López told us about a new route on the local industrial past based in the story of the Vilumara family (documented silk merchants in the middle ages, still in the textil industry in the 18 hundreds), and then introduced us to the few pharmacy stores that have preserved their original furniture and decoration from the Modernist times.
I found both speaches very illuminating, and I took some good ideas and resources to add up and enrich my own tours.
This Museum is run by the Pinós family, owners of the Gothland art gallery (the first in town to start dealing with modernist items). A totally private initiative, it is a delicious show based on the private collection on the family that makes a great introduction to the local modernist furniture, painting and sculpture. A must for those wanting to get a closer insight to this exciting period for the history of Barcelona... and neither as far not as long-to-visit as the MNAC, the ultimate museum of Modernism in town.
I trully recomend it, and I hope I'll be including it soon as a regular part of my tours!
By the way, I want to acknowledge Ms. Gema Losa, from the Museu del Modernisme, for allowing me to take these pictures and to publish them.
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