Pèl & Ploma was a Catalan artistic and literary journal that published 100 issues within four years between June 3, 1899 and December 1, 1903. Catalan artists Ramon Casas i Carbó and Miquel Utrillo ra
Cover of Pèl y Ploma, Issue 11, drawn by Ramón Casas in charcoal, pencil, and ink. 1899.
The outside of Els Quatre Gats café in Barcelona. This café served as a cultural hub for the artists and intellectuals of Catalan modernism, including Pèl & Ploma creators Ramón Casas and Miquel Utrillo.
Modernisme, also known as Catalan modernism and Catalan art nouveau, is the historiographic denomination given to an art and literature movement associated with the search for a new entitlement of Cat
Pèl & Ploma
…Gats and succeeded by the journal Forma, which were both Catalan publications of the same genre. Together, these three journals provided a platform for Catalan Modernism, Pèl & Ploma being the longest-running and most popular of the three. Although it ceased circulation over a century ago, original issues and artworks…
Duana de Barcelona (Customs House), by Enric Sagnier
The Castle of the Three Dragons in Barcelona
Casa Batlló by Antoni Gaudí in Barcelona
The Sagrada Família, an icon of Modernisme, by Antoni Gaudí