Gaudi was born in Reus , in the province of Tarragona in 1852 .
Was the undoubted leader of the ' modernist ' movement that began in the second half of the 19th century .
Gaudi was born in Reus , in the province of Tarragona in 1852 and was the undoubted leader of the ' modernist ' movement that began in the second half of the 19th century .