Re: [tied] Occitan and "La Langue d'Oc"

Veering a little off topic, why is it there are so many modern Catalan
artists in comparison to (the rest of) Spain? I'm thinking of
musicians such as Alicia De Laroccha, Monserrat Caballe, Jose[p]
Carreras, people like Dali and Gaudi, etc.

The only Spaniards I can think of are Picasso (who decamped to France
as soon as he could) and Garcia Lorca.