Antoni Gaudí

Spanish architect
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Also known as: Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Antonio Gaudí y Cornet
Quick Facts
Catalan in full:
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet
Spanish:
Antonio Gaudí y Cornet
Born:
June 25, 1852, Reus, Spain
Died:
June 10, 1926, Barcelona (aged 73)
Movement / Style:
Art Nouveau
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Antoni Gaudí (born June 25, 1852, Reus, Spain—died June 10, 1926, Barcelona) was a Catalan architect, whose distinctive style is characterized by freedom of form, voluptuous colour and texture, and organic unity. Gaudí worked almost entirely in or near Barcelona. Much of his career was occupied with the construction of the Expiatory Temple of the Holy Family (Sagrada Família), which was unfinished at his death in 1926. Gaudí was born in provincial Catalonia on the Mediterranean coast of Spain. Of humble origins, he was the son of a coppersmith who was to live with him in later life, together with ...(100 of 955 words)