Or y Grana

Or y Grana was a Catalan illustrated weekly magazine published in Barcelona from 6 October 1906 to 23 February 1907. It was based at Carrer Raurich, 7, 2n, and printed at Carrer Arc de Jonqueres, 7 bis. Only 21 issues appeared, each running to sixteen pages (except issues 13 and 21), with a print run of 8,000 copies per issue, sold every Saturday evening. The magazine was owned by Eduard Girbal i Jaume, directed by Gaspar Roure, and administered by Francesc Viladóms (from issue 17, Faust Casals i Bové). It was a self-described autonomist weekly for Catalan women and a promoter of the Lliga Patriòtica de Damas, maintaining an ideology based on the principles of Solidaritat Catalana. The magazine is notable for its extensive list of female contributors, including Carme Karr, Dolors Montserdà de Macià, Joaquima Rosal, Maria Domènech de Canyelles, Agnès Armengol de Badia, and many others. Carme Karr, one of the principal collaborators, became director of the monthly supplement Feminal, published by La Il·lustració Catalana, whose first issue appeared on 28 April 1907; Feminal was a continuation of Or y Grana. Illustrators included Apa (Feliu Elias), Bagaria, Joan Junceda, Ricard Opisso, Ismael Smith, M. Casademunt, Karles, and Muntaner. From 10 November 1906, the magazine also counted on the collaboration of artists such as Joseph Junoy, Joan Llaverías, Ramón Lago, Joseph Falguera, J. Grau M., Eva Muns (EM), Lluisa M., Edna, J. Porta, and Emili Montaner i Capur. Poets included Dominga Durán, Maria Andreu Odena, Maria Dolors Cardet y Güell, Josephina Abal, Eduard Girbal i Jaume, Xavier Viura, Parcie Jambús, Maria de Bell-lloc, R. Ribera Llovet, Paulina Reig y Sala, and Joan Redondo. In terms of graphic format and spelling, between 1893 and 1907 there were more than twenty illustrated magazines in Barcelona, and between 1896 and 1906 Modernisme reached its peak. Or y Grana is situated at the moment when Modernisme was closing and Noucentisme was opening. The magazine was printed in black and white except for issue 13, which was printed in black, green, and yellow ink and contained a collection of caricatures by Bagaria of the main female collaborators in the Galeria de les Dones. The illustrators of Or y Grana were also contributors to the magazine ¡Cu-cut!, young artists who drew humorous illustrations. As the magazine progressed, its graphic composition became simpler, reducing single-contour drawing, and in its final issues one can appreciate the decorativism characteristic of Modernisme but also a style pointing towards Noucentisme. Or y Grana is thus considered the magazine that closes Modernisme and also closes with the illustrated modernist advertisement; the advertisements by Opisso and Apa are simple, without ornamentation, pointing once again towards Noucentista aesthetics, as in the advertisements for Les quatre barres, Torrador de cafè, and Pelleteria Antoni Altisent.

Or y Grana was a short-lived Catalan illustrated weekly magazine published in Barcelona from 6 October 1906 to 23 February 1907. It was based at Carrer Raurich, 7, 2n, and printed at Carrer Arc de Jonqueres, 7 bis. Only 21 issues appeared, each running to sixteen pages (except issues 13 and 21), with a print run of 8,000 copies per issue, sold every Saturday evening. The magazine was owned by Eduard Girbal i Jaume, directed by Gaspar Roure, and administered by Francesc Viladóms (from issue 17, Faust Casals i Bové). It was a self-described autonomist weekly for Catalan women and a promoter of the Lliga Patriòtica de Damas, maintaining an ideology based on the principles of Solidaritat Catalana. The magazine is notable for its extensive list of female contributors, including Carme Karr, Dolors Montserdà de Macià, Joaquima Rosal, Maria Domènech de Canyelles, Agnès Armengol de Badia, and many others. Carme Karr, one of the principal collaborators, became director of the monthly supplement Feminal, published by La Il·lustració Catalana, whose first issue appeared on 28 April 1907; Feminal was a continuation of Or y Grana. Illustrators included Apa (Feliu Elias), Bagaria, Joan Junceda, Ricard Opisso, Ismael Smith, M. Casademunt, Karles, and Muntaner. From 10 November 1906, the magazine also counted on the collaboration of artists such as Joseph Junoy, Joan Llaverías, Ramón Lago, Joseph Falguera, J. Grau M., Eva Muns (EM), Lluisa M., Edna, J. Porta, and Emili Montaner i Capur. Poets included Dominga Durán, Maria Andreu Odena, Maria Dolors Cardet y Güell, Josephina Abal, Eduard Girbal i Jaume, Xavier Viura, Parcie Jambús, Maria de Bell-lloc, R. Ribera Llovet, Paulina Reig y Sala, and Joan Redondo. In terms of graphic format and spelling, between 1893 and 1907 there were more than twenty illustrated magazines in Barcelona, and between 1896 and 1906 Modernisme reached its peak. Or y Grana is situated at the moment when Modernisme was closing and Noucentisme was opening. The magazine was printed in black and white except for issue 13, which was printed in black, green, and yellow ink and contained a collection of caricatures by Bagaria of the main female collaborators in the Galeria de les Dones. The illustrators of Or y Grana were also contributors to the magazine ¡Cu-cut!, young artists who drew humorous illustrations. As the magazine progressed, its graphic composition became simpler, reducing single-contour drawing, and in its final issues one can appreciate the decorativism characteristic of Modernisme but also a style pointing towards Noucentisme. Or y Grana is thus considered the magazine that closes Modernisme and also closes with the illustrated modernist advertisement; the advertisements by Opisso and Apa are simple, without ornamentation, pointing once again towards Noucentista aesthetics, as in the advertisements for Les quatre barres, Torrador de cafè, and Pelleteria Antoni Altisent.

• First issue of Or y Grana published in Barcelona.

• Magazine begins collaboration with additional artists including Joseph Junoy, Joan Llaverías, and others.

• Last issue (issue 21) published; magazine ceases publication.

• First issue of Feminal, a monthly supplement directed by Carme Karr, appears as a continuation of Or y Grana.

A Catalan autonomist weekly for women, promoting modernist aesthetics and women's contributions.

• Or y Grana weekly issues

  21 issues published, each 16 pages except issues 13 and 21, print run of 8,000 copies.

• Issue 13

  Printed in black, green, and yellow ink; contains caricatures by Bagaria of main female collaborators in the Galeria de les Dones.

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