Lluís Domènech i Montaner
Politician, Architect
1850 – 1923
Who was Lluís Domènech i Montaner?
Lluís Domènech i Montaner was a Spanish Catalan architect who was highly influential on Modernisme català, the Catalan Art Nouveau / Jugendstil movement. He was also a Catalan politician.
Born in Barcelona, he initially studied physics and natural sciences, but soon switched to architecture. He was registered as an architect in Barcelona in 1873. He also held a 45-year tenure as a professor and director at the Escola d'Arquitectura, Barcelona's school of architecture, and wrote extensively on architecture in essays, technical books and articles in newspapers and journals.
His most famous buildings, the Hospital de Sant Pau and Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, have been collectively designated as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
As an architect, 45-year professor of architecture and prolific writer on architecture, Domènech i Montaner played an important role in defining the Modernisme arquitectonic in Catalonia. This style has become internationally renowned, mainly due to the work of Antoni Gaudí. Domènech i Montaner's article "En busca d'una arquitectura nacional", published 1878 in the journal La Renaixença, reflected the way architects at that time sought to build structures that reflected the Catalan character.
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- Born
- Dec 21, 1850
Barcelona - Also known as
- Lluis Domenech i Montaner
- Parents
- Nationality
- Spain
- Profession
- Education
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
Architecture
( - 1873/12/13)
- Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
- Died
- Dec 27, 1923
Barcelona
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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