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General view of Alesund's Jugendstil district (© Jugendstilsenteret)

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Parés i Carbonell, Joan Baptista

Barcelona 1847 - 1926

Art collector and dealer

In 1877 he founded Sala Parés (Petritxol, 5), the first, and most prestigious, exhibition hall in Barcelona. His space became the disseminating point of Modernista painting, but also of other styles, such as Realism.