After Bad Nauheim, the traveling exhibition "The Nature of Art Nouveau", now presented in Aveiro, has been organised by the Réseau Art Nouveau Network in the framework of the European project "Art Nouveau & Ecology" (2010-2015) with the support of the European Commission.

The exhibition comprises two identical concurrent exhibitions and begun its journey to all partner cities in October 2013.

This exhibition is free and bilingual Portuguese-English.

This exhibition is the most comprehensive show to date on the work of iconic turn-of-the-century sculptor Josep Llimona i Bruguera (Barcelona, 1864-1934).

The show invites visitors to walk through the artist´s entire production from the beginning of his training, with works from his earliest days (The Prodigal Son, 1879, MNAC), to works from his period of full maturity (Adolescent or Naïve, 1924, Museum of Catalan Modernism), alongside pieces that represent the beginnings of his fullest symbolist language (Modesty, 1891, Museum of Montserrat).

More than 60 pieces have been gathered together for the occasion, including previously unseen works by the public and a wide range of pieces by the sculptor that display his various specialties, from drawing to art objects, in which sculpture is strongly featured. Given the relevance of Josep Llimona´s production in Catalan art history, the exhibition seeks to show the great quantity of his work and be the retrospective that this major artist deserves.

Une exposition d´affiches, produites durant la Première Guerre mondiale par le Canada, la France, l´Allemagne, l´Angleterre et les États-Unis, est présentée conjointement avec "De Van Gogh à Kandinsky : l´expressionnisme en Allemagne et en France, 1900-1914». Provenant des collections de l´Université McGill et du Musée, ces affiches montrent que des mises en scène et des moyens d´expression graphique distincts étaient utilisés par les différents gouvernements pour encourager leurs citoyens à s´enrôler, à souscrire aux emprunts et à contribuer à l´effort de guerre.