16/07/2016
Les Dames de Cerdanyola
Les Dames de Cerdanyola
The 28th international congress of Corpus Vitrearum, the international organism for research on stained glass, took place in early July in Troyes (France). This event offers a good opportunity to talk about Les Dames de Cerdanyola, a stained glass presented during the meeting.
As part of its commitment to its territory, Barcelona Synchrotron Park bought 3 works of art for a global amount of 109,500 euros between 2007 and 2007. For the benefit of people, these works are deposited in the Museum of Art of the city of Cerdanyola inaugurated in 2009: Tití’s head, a Manolo Hugué’s scupture, Paller, a Joan de Vila’s painting and Les Dames de Cerdanyola.
Les Dames de Cerdanyola is a 3-large-panels (235x195 cm) stained glass made in the 1910s. According to Joan Vila, it was created by the Alsacian glass master Ludwig von Bearn installed in Barcelona in the late 19th century but the authorship is still a mystery.
This work of art is representative of the Catalan Modernisme artistic movement and the cultural importance of Cerdanyola at that time and during the Noucentisme, a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme. By the way, between October 2015 and April 2016 the stained glass was exposed at the famous La Pedrera Gaudi’s house in an exhibition on Modernisme visited by almost 100,000 people.
Every year in Barcelona, Modernisme attracts millions of tourists that come to visit La Pedrera, La Casa Batlló or El Palau de la Música. In Cerdanyola, a few kilometers away from there, Les Dames de Cerdanyola offers a beautiful example of an unknown but valuable modernism work of art that awaits you!
As part of its commitment to its territory, Barcelona Synchrotron Park bought 3 works of art for a global amount of 109,500 euros between 2007 and 2007. For the benefit of people, these works are deposited in the Museum of Art of the city of Cerdanyola inaugurated in 2009: Tití’s head, a Manolo Hugué’s scupture, Paller, a Joan de Vila’s painting and Les Dames de Cerdanyola.
Les Dames de Cerdanyola is a 3-large-panels (235x195 cm) stained glass made in the 1910s. According to Joan Vila, it was created by the Alsacian glass master Ludwig von Bearn installed in Barcelona in the late 19th century but the authorship is still a mystery.
This work of art is representative of the Catalan Modernisme artistic movement and the cultural importance of Cerdanyola at that time and during the Noucentisme, a Catalan cultural movement of the early 20th century that originated largely as a reaction against Modernisme. By the way, between October 2015 and April 2016 the stained glass was exposed at the famous La Pedrera Gaudi’s house in an exhibition on Modernisme visited by almost 100,000 people.
Every year in Barcelona, Modernisme attracts millions of tourists that come to visit La Pedrera, La Casa Batlló or El Palau de la Música. In Cerdanyola, a few kilometers away from there, Les Dames de Cerdanyola offers a beautiful example of an unknown but valuable modernism work of art that awaits you!
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