Works: In Barcelona:
-Amatller
House
-Company House
-Macaya House
-Marti House (Els 4 gats)
-Muley-Afid House
-Muntades House
-Punxes House
-Sastre Marquès House
-Casaramona Factory
-Serra House
-Baró de Quadras
Palace
-Pastor de Cruïlles Villa In Argentona:
-Garí House
-Puig i Cadafalch House
In Canet de
Mar:
-Restaurant
del Santuari
-Fàbrica Carbonell Reverter
-Font Pública, Passeig Mare de Deu de la Misericòrdia / C. J. Mora
-Font Pública, Plaça Barris
-Font Pública del Parc del Santuari
-Primer Misteri de Dolor del Rosari Monumental del Santuari de la
Misericòrdia
-Cinquè Misteri de Dolor del Rosari Monumental del Santuari de la
Misericòrdia
-Placa del carrer Carles Pasqual i Puig In
La Garriga:
-Furriols
House In
Lloret:
-Boundary cross
-Verge de Gracia shrine
-Costa
Pantheon - Cemetery In Mataró:
-City Hall
-Coll I Regàs House
-Parera
House
-Sisternes House
-El Rengle
-La Beneficiència In
Sant Sadurní d'Anoia:
-Caves Codorniu |
Life:
Born in Mataró (El Maresme) near Barcelona in
the year 1867.
Being an student, in 1887, he entered in the "Centre Escolar Catalanista"
and he started
to work in Matarò.
Later, he came to Barcelona, where he finish
his architect studies in
1891.
Named Professor of Architecture Barcelona School, he developed his
great architectural capabilities.
In addition of his professional
work as architect, he developed a large political
activity into the Catalan nationalist field.
In 1917, when Enric
Prat de la Riba died, he succeeded
to him as a Mancomunitat of
Catalonia President (President of the Catalonian Government) developing an ambitious plan of schools and cultural institutions,
organizing the Junta de Museus (Museum association), new museums in Ciutadella Park of
Barcelona, improvement of Empuries excavations, new roads and agricultural
development of
Catalonia.
Disciple of Lluís Domènech
i Montaner, he is considered the
last of representatives of Art Nouveau and the first of the Noucentisme (new artistic
way following the Art Nouveau). His work could be divided in three different
periods following the classification of Alexandre Cirici
i Pellicer:
• The first, named the
rose period (Art Nouveau),
who's model is the traditional aristocratic Catalan rural house (casa pairal) and also
follows the inspiration of Germanic models. Buildings corresponding to that
period are the Casa Martí
(1896), the Macaya House, the
Amatller House
and specially la Casa de les Punxes
or Terrades House(1905).
• The second, the
white period (Rationalist
idealism)
follows the ideals of new burgess elite, pragmatic and strictly
ordained. The
buildings corresponding to that period are: Trinxet
House (desapeared), Muntades House and
Company House.
• The third period, the
yellow
period (Monumental) is developed during
1929 Barcelona Universal Exhibition, Josep Puig i
Cadafalch was the first architect of it. That period is characterized
by the monumental buildings, the yellow colours of façades and the imitation of roman
architecture which is melted with
Valencia
and Andalusia typical architecture
giving as
result a baroque aspect.
Very interested by north American
architecture, he designed the Pich House
inspired in Sullivan.
In despite of all this activities, he also developed an enormous effort as
historical art specialist, specially on Romanic
medieval architecture. He wrote
very important studies on historic architecture as "L'arquitectura romanica a Catalunya" (The
Romanic
architecture in Catalonia), "L'arquitectura
gòtica civil a Catalunya" (The gothic civil
architecture in Catalonia) and a lot of other books.
From 1942 to his dead in December 1956
in Barcelona,
he was the President of the "Institut d'estudis
catalans" (Catalan Studies Institute - The Catalan language
academy -). |
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