Lluís Masriera i Rosés

[2] In 1889,[3] Masriera went to study at the Academy of Beaux Arts in Geneva[4] where he was taught by the enameller Edward Lossier[5][6] The geographic positioning afforded him the opportunity to travel to Paris[1] often and frequent the salons.

[1] In 1900, at the age of eighteen,[7] Masriera returned to Barcelona and was named the new artistic director of the family workshop and changed the direction and style of the jewellery that was produced.

Inspired by Lalique's designs, Masriera melted down all the family’s existing jewellery stock in order to use the raw materials to redesign the pieces into his new style/aesthetic: Modernisme.

[6] The new collection debuted on Saint Thomas[7] day in 1901 and the pieces "were immediately successful and sold out in a single week.

[9] Today, the store sits on the first floor of an example of Modernisme in Barcelona, Casa Amatller on Passeig de Gràcia.