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Works:
In Barcelona:
Planells House
Monumental fountain of Spain square
In
Constantí:
Baptistery and Presbytery of the Parish Church
In Cornellà:
Can Camprubí
In Creixell:
Tower top of Sant Jaume Church
In Els Pallaresos:
Ca l'Andreu
Bofarull House
Soler House
In
Montferri:
Montserrat
Shrine
In Renau:
Restoration of the Lloret shrine
In
Sant Joan Despí:
Can Negre xxxxx
Gamisans House
-attributed-
Rovira House
S. Joan Baptista Church
Reixat (Grating)
Torre de la Creu (Casa dels ous)
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Serra-Xaus Villa
Jujol Villa
In Tarragona:
Abad
House
Ximenis
House
Metropol Theater
In Vallmoll:
Roser
Shrine
In
Vistabella (La Secuita):
Sagrat Cor Church
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Life:
Josep Maria Jujol was
born in Tarragona the 16 September 1879.
The year 1883 he went with his family to Gracia (a town close to Barcelona
later integrated in the city) .
He finished his baccalaureate studies in 1896.
Once his elementary studies finished, he went to Barcelona to study in the
Sciences Faculty and later in the l'Escola Superior d'Arquitectura de
Barcelona from 1901, when Domènech i Montaner
was the Director.
He was titled as architect in 1906.
The year 1904 he start to work with Gaudí, and he
will never stop his close collaboration with him till the dead of the big
architect in 1927, helping him in the construction of
La Pedrera, Park Güell and other works.
He was a professor of the Escola Superior d'Arquitectura de Barcelona from
1910. In addition of his activities as architect, he also developed a very
interesting activity as designer and also as sculptor (Professor of
Barcelona Escola del Treball).
The architectural work of Jujol is modest as well for the size and
characteristics of works commissioned to him as for the small budgets (Specially
in comparison with the big Art Nouveau Catalan architects
Gaudí,
Domènech i Montaner, Puig i
Cadafalch, Sagnier and others), but this are
not reasons to stop his genius. In fact that contrast between the
limitation of his possibilities
and the richness and originality of his works is one of the most interesting
aspects of Jujol work.
The works related left are the most important, but they are only a small
part of his activity developed in a big quantity of small works built all
around Catalonia, but essentially around the Camp de Tarragona region.
Josep Maria Jujol died in Barcelona in 1 May 1949.
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