New U3A Calpe groups Arts Society Marina Alta

The effervescent, fashionable character of modern Barcelona has its origins in the period around 1900, when music, architecture, painting, sculpture, and literature flourished as never before.

Between 1880 and 1910 the city underwent an impressive transformation, with the Eixample, the revolutionary city development expansion by Ildefons Cerda, highly imaginative urban architecture by Gaudi, Lluis Domenech I Montaner and Josep Puig I Cadafalch, and elegant interiors in the modernista style, Barcelona’s version of Art Nouveau.

But this blossoming of art and culture went hand in hand with far­reaching industrialisation and serious social and political tensions. Attendees will meet the rich and innovative families who commissioned this stunning art and the innovative artists.

Dr Sijsling is presently Chairman to the Arts Society Nerja, and has lectured for many years to the Arts Societies in Europe.