Catalan Artist Introduction - Josep Puig I Cadafalch, Jose Maria Sert, Josep Maria Jujol, Isidre Puig Boada, Berenguer de Montagut (Paperback)

Chapters: Josep Puig I Cadafalch, Jose Maria Sert, Josep Maria Jujol, Isidre Puig Boada, Berenguer de Montagut, Francesc Berenguer I Mestres, Salvador Valeri I Pupurull, Eudald Pradell, Rafael Maso. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 26. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Josep Puig i Cadafalch (Mataro, 15 October 1867 Barcelona, 21 December 1956) was a Spanish Catalan Modernista architect who designed many significant buildings in Barcelona. He was the architect of "la Casa Marti" (also known as "Els Quatre Gats"), which became a place of ideas, projects and social gatherings for such well-known Catalans as Santiago Rusinol and Ramon Casas. Although Puig's style separated him significantly from his contemporary Gaudi, their relations were neither tense nor problematic, as demonstrated by the participation of both architects in the construction of the Cafe Torino. Another of his significant buildings was the Casa Terrades (also known as "les Punxes"), which is known for its medieval castle style from the north of Europe. From 1942 to his death in 1956, he was the president of the academic institution of the Catalan language, the Institut d'Estudis Catalans. ...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=49428