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Gaud is perhaps the best Spanish designer of all time. He is regarded as the king of the Modernist movement ( Art Nouveau ). His work is a clear product of the cultural context of his time, his very own personality and his attention to the Catalan society.
He was born in Reus in 1852, but he took his pro life in Barcelona. Gaud's autobiography is closely related to Barcelona and to the Gell family, which move around the most status circles at this time. He built most of his most crucial works like the Palau Gell, the Park Gell or the Colonia Gell for this family.
But besides of being a great designer, he used to be a great designer too : he always looked after architectural space with organic decorative concept using furniture, stained glass, wrought iron, ceramics, mosaics, and the like. He added colour to his buildings, a concept which is frequently neglected by his colleagues. Gaudi's buildings were considerably influenced by forms of nature and particularly by the sea, so all his work has a vital symmetry absence. As in nature, nothing in his buildings or furniture is fully identical.
Gaud's most representative architecture works are :
Sagrada Familia : this was his most bold project, but he left it half finished in 1926 when he died. From 1908 until his dead he worked on no other projects. This gigantic church is Gaudi's most noted work and a worldwide symbol of Barcelona. If you are looking out for a Hotel Barcelona around the Sagrada Familia check this out.
Parc Gell : Eusebi Gell wanted to make a stylish park for Barcelona's elite and Gaud built it for him. It has the loveliest buildings, sculptures, and tile work you have ever seen, and a tiny museum, which was the old Gauds's home. UNESCO declared the Parc Gell a place of World Heritage in 1984.
Casa Batll : it is legendary for its intricate decoration and forms extracted from nature. It looks like it has been bade of bones and skulls. This lovely building is found in Passeig de Gracia, one of the most important commercial streets of Barcelona.
Casa Mil : it is know as La Pedrera because of its cliff-like faade. It was built for the Mil family between 1906 and 1910 and classified as World Heritage by UNESCO IN 1984. It balconies look like seaweed and the undulating wall the sea .
There are some examples of Gaudi's lesser-known works that you should not miss such as the gigantic fountain ( Parc de la Cuitadella ), the 3 Graces Fountain ( Plaa Reial ) and the fantastic wrought-iron embellished street lamps that line the streets in the guts of the town
Gaud died in Barcelona run over by a tram on tenth June 1926.
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