From the modernism to the vanguardism

The Cultural Centre of the Fundación "la Caixa", situated in the old building of the Gran Hotel in the Plaza Weyler in Palma, is housing, from October 1 till November 30 , 2003, the exhibition "Del modernismo a las vanguardias. Drawings from the collection of the Fundación Francisco Godia", that shows the drawings of the period that began with the modernism and goes up to the Civil War, collected by Francisco Godia (Barcelona, 1921-1990). In all a total of 64 works are exhibited carried out by 19 outstanding artists, such as Picasso, Miró, Juli González, Joaquim Torres-Garcia, Ramon Casas, Isidre Nonell, Dionís Baixeras, Xavier Gosé, Ismael Smith or Olga Sacharoff.

Popularly known as Paco Godia, this singular man from Barcelona, combines business with artistic sensibility and car racing. Godia gathered an exceptional collection of paintings, medieval sculpture and ceramics, that today the Fundación Francisco Godia is promoting.

Meanwhile, the Cultural Centre, the Fundación "la Caixa" has been housing since July 28 the exhibition "10 años de cultura, 100 años de historia". The exhibition is to celebrate the 100 years of the opening of the modernist building designed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner, and the 10 years since the "La Caixa" foundation reopened the building as a cultural centre, in 1993. The exhibition, that can be visited until December 31, is divided in three areas dedicated to the history of the building, the last ten years since it has been managed by la Caixa, and the different stages of the modernism movement.

More information:

Fundació "la Caixa"
Plaça de Weyler, 3
07001 Palma
Telephone: 971 17 85 00
Fax: 971 72 21 20
e.mail: ccpalma.fundacio@lacaixa.es
http://fundacio.lacaixa.es

Photo © Front page of the diptych edited by "la Caixa" with work by Xavier Gosé. Dues Dames (detail). Collection from the Fundación Francisco Gadia

Date of publication: 01/10/2003

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