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Antoni Gaudi: 1852-1926

June 25, 2016 By Wendy Campbell

Antoni Plàcid Guillem Gaudí i Cornet was born on June 25, 1852, in Reus, Spain to coppersmith parents. He studied at the Escola Superior d’Arquitectura in Barcelona and designed his first major commission for the Gothic-styled Casa Vincens in Barcelona.

Most of Gaudi’s work was in architecture though he also designed furniture and objects, and worked in town planning and landscaping. Throughout his life, Gaudi studied the angles and curves of nature and incorporated them into his designs. Gaudi’s style was beautifully expressive and his signature warped form of Gothic design, established him as a leader in the Spanish Art Nouveau movement and drew admiration from avant-garde artists.

Gaudi’s major works include La Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Casa Vicens, Park Guell, Palau Guell, and Casa Mila – aka ‘La Pedrera’. Gaudí spent most of his professional career building the Church of La Sagrada Família. He received the commission in late 1883 and it occupied his whole life. The massive Cathedral is still under construction with an estimated completion date of 2026.

On June 7, 1926, Gaudi was hit by a tram and died of his injuries three days later. His body was buried in the crypt of the edifice where he had worked for the last 43 years of his life, La Sagrada Familia.

For a detailed biography and to view more of Gaudi’s work, visit GaudiClub.com or click on the source links below.

Casa Vicens - Atoni Gaudi
Casa Mila - Antoni Gaudi
Casa Batllo -Antoni-Gaudi

Antoni Gaudi Sagrada Família
Antoni Gaudí park-guell
La Pedrera - Antoni Gaudi

Church of La Sagrada Família 2- Antoni-Gaudi
Casa Mila - Antoni Gaudi
Antoni Gaudí park-guell

Chimney Palau Guell - Antoni Gaudi
Antoni Gaudí park-guell
Church of La Sagrada Família - Antoni-Gaudi

Antoni Gaudi Sagrada Família
Casabatllo-Antoni-Gaudi
Casa_batllo_roof-Antoni-Gauci

Sources: Sagrada Familia, Gaudi Club, Wikipedia
Image Sources: Studio Tsunami, Great Buildings, FStifter, Marudadu.com, Webshots

Filed Under: Architecture, ART, Art History Tagged With: Antoni Gaudi, La Sagrada Familia Cathedral, Spain Architecture, Spanish Architecture

Art-e-Facts: 5 Random Art Facts V

July 9, 2009 By Wendy Campbell

Casa Mila - Antoni Gaudi1. Antoni Gaudi was hit by a tram in 1926 and he looked so ragged and  poor, that nobody recognized him or helped him to a hospital. Gaudi was eventually taken to a hospital for the poor, where he wasn’t recognized until his friends found him there the following day. They wanted to move him but Gaudi refused, insisting that, “I belong here amongst the poor.” He died of his injuries three days later.

Pech Merle - Spotted Horses Mural2. For about as long as humans have created works of art, they’ve also left behind handprints. People began stenciling, painting, or chipping imprints of their hands onto rock walls at least 30,000 years ago. Analyzing hand stencils dating back some 28,000 years in Spain’s El Castillo cave, archaeologist Dean Snow concluded many of El Castillo’s artists had been female. His findings suggest women’s role in prehistoric culture may have been greater than previously thought.

Paint3. The first ready mixed paint was patented by  D.R. Averill of Ohio in 1867, but it never caught on.  The Sherwin-Williams company spent ten years perfecting the formula where fine paint particles would stay suspended in Linseed oil. In 1880 they succeeded in developing a formula. It was then that emulsions based on similar formulae, were produced and marketed as ‘oil bound distempers’. By 1880 the new paints were readily available in tins, in a wide range of colours, and came to be exported all over the World.

Edward Burne Jones - Daniel - 18734. The meaning of the word “cartoon” (from the Italian “cartone” and Dutch word “karton”, meaning strong, heavy paper or pasteboard) has evolved over time. Its original use was in fine art, and meant a full size preparatory drawing for a piece of art such as a painting, stained glass, or tapestry. Cartoons were typically used in the production of frescoes, to accurately link the component parts of the composition.

Art and Crime5. Art crime is the third highest grossing criminal enterprise worldwide, behind only drugs and arms trafficking. It brings in $2-6 billion per year, most of which, since the 1960s is perpetrated either by, or on behalf of, international organized crime syndicates. They either use stolen art for resale, or to barter on the black market for an equivalent value of goods or services. Individually instigated art crimes are rare, and art crimes perpetrated for private collectors are rarest of all.

Related Books:
The Art Lover’s Almanac : Serious Trivia for the Novice and the Connoisseur

Facts On File Encyclopedia Of Art ( 5 vol. set)

Sources: Barcelona Life, National Geographic, Brenda Semanick, Wikipedia, ARCA

Filed Under: Architecture, ART, Art History, Art-e-Facts, Illustration Tagged With: Antoni Gaudi, Art Crime, Cartoon, Ready Mix paint

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