Works :
In
Catalonia:
Christ in cross
(1866)
Christ recumbent
(2) (1872
- 1876)
The lions
hunter
(Ciutadella Park in
Barcelona 1884)
Boy fountain
(Can Mantega Gardens
in
Barcelona 1880)
Bison
Orangutan cub
Christopher Columbus
Elephant
Elisabeth II introduce Alphonse XII
(Pedralbes Palace
in Barcelona)
Faun and Nymph
Female
Nudes (2)
Heraldic lions
(Monument to Columbus
in
Barcelona)
Lion
(Ciutadella Park Zoo in
Barcelona)
Monastery of Montserrat façade
(Together with his brother
Venanci)
Monk with an ill man in his
arms
Old faun
The Commerce
(Ciutadella Park in Barcelona)
The guardian angel
The thorn coronation
The Immaculate Conception
The Industry
(Ciutadella Park in Barcelona)
The Pietà
The Tradition
Two
dromedaries
Lion
(Parc de la Ciutadella Zoo in
Barcelona)
Heraldic lions
(Monument to Columbus
in
Barcelona)
Lucifer
Napolitana
Saint Francis
Saint Francis of Paul
Saint Joan de Déu (Saint
John of God)
Saint Jordi (Saint
George)
Saint Stephen
Silé
Head of camel
Zinger
Funerary
sculpture:
Main gate of
the Poble Nou cemetery
in Barcelona
Vilaregut
family Mausoleum
(Southwest
Cemetery in Barcelona)
Urquinaona Bishop Mausoleum
Out
of Catalonia:
Monument
to the king James the I
(València
1891)
Jorbalán
Vicountess Mausoleum
(Adoratrius
Church in València)
Agapit Vallmitjana
(Relief by Pau Gargallo)
Life:
Born in
Barcelona in 1833.
He studied together with its brother
Venanci in the
School of Llotja in Barcelona, as a disciple of the famous Catalonian
sculptor Damiá Campeny.
He began his artistic career in collaboration with his brother, sculpting
small nativity scene figures in the Baroque style in a shop in Tapinería
Street, Barcelona. In 1872, they travelled to Manchester, England, where
they executed portraits of Lord and Lady Stanley.
In 1881, he became a professor at the School of Llotja, where he had
formerly been a student.
As with his brother Venanci's work, his sculptures are very realistic in
style and are noted for the great deal of care which he put into their
detail. Much of his work was done in collaboration with his brother, and at
times, it is difficult to attribute a work to one or another.
Agapit's work is traditionally considered to be complementary to that of his
brother Venanci, which is regarded as being the more spectacular;
nevertheless, the work of Agapit is appreciated for the formal perfection
that the most brilliant work of Venanci does not reach.
Although the Vallmitjana brothers should be considered as academic sculptors
working in a realistic style, and therefore predating
modernism (Catalan Art Nouveau),
because the majority of their work was carried out before of this style
emerged, the fact that both were teachers of famous modernist sculptors,
such as Llimona, Gargallo and
others, gives them a special importance as precursors of the style.
Agapit Barbany died in Barcelona in 1905.
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