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JOSEP PUIG I CADAFALCH    (1867-1956)

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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

Puig i Cadafalch: Portrait

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:
• T
he 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 -).

 

 

Selected LINKS to other websites on Puig i Cadafalch

- Puig  The years of Puig i Cadafalch in Mataró     
- personal2.iddeo.es/cabrespina/estendar/estenda.html  A web on the Ripoll banner designed by Puig i Cadafalch     
  
 

Specific Bibliography on Puig i Cadafalch

Title of book Author Published by Year
Puig i Cadafalch Bassegoda Nonell, J. Edicions de Nou Art Thor 1985
Puig i Cadafalch, L'arquitectura entre la casa i la ciutat Different authors Fund. La Caixa / Col.legi Arquitectes Barcelona Balears 1989
Puig i Cadafalch. Arquitecte, politic i historiador de l'art Jardi, E. Ariel 1975
 

Books on Puig i Cadafalch

 


 
Other Catalan Art Nouveau Architects:

Antoni Gaudí i Cornet   Lluís Domènech i Montaner   Josep Puig i Cadafalch   Antoni Maria Gallissà i Soqué   Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert   Cèsar Martinell i Brunet   Manel Joaquim Raspall i Mallol   Joan Rubió i Bellver   Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia   Salvador Valeri i Pupurull   and others.

 

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