Joan Martorell
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Joan Martorell i Montells (* 1833 in Barcelona ; † July 5, 1906 in Barcelona) was a Catalan builder and architect . He was an uncle of the architect Bernardí Martorell i Puig .
Life
Martorell received his title as an architect in 1876 and is part of the first graduate class of the Escola de Arquitectura de Barcelona (German: Architecture School of Barcelona). His architectural language can be assigned to late historicism , especially the neo-Gothic style, which was very popular in Catalonia at the time , with strong influences from the ideas of Viollet-le-Duc . But he is already considered an important pioneer of modernism - after all, the two most important representatives of modernism, Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner , were already employees in his office as students.
Through Martorell, Gaudí made important contacts with later clients, such as B. the Marquis of Comillas. It was also Martorell who recommended the young Gaudí to continue the work as the test architect of the Sagrada Família in 1883 after the original architect of the church, Francisco de Paula del Villar y Lozano , had gone into dispute.
In 1882 Martorell published a widely acclaimed alternative design for the facade of Barcelona Cathedral , which, however, was never carried out. The drawings were made by Gaudí and Domènech.
Martorell was one of the initiators of the Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc ("Artistic Circle of Saint Luke"), as well as founder and first president of the Círculo Barcelonés de San José Obrero ("Barcelona Circle of Saint Joseph the Worker").
Works (selection)
Martorell realized the majority of his works in Barcelona. The most important are:
- Altar of the church of the Col.legi del Sagrat Cor (the church is by Josep Casademunt i Torrents , started in 1856)
- Convent and Church de les Adoratrius (1874–1875)
- Convent and Church de les Saleses (Sant Francesc de Sales ) (1882–1885)
- Restoration of the Mare de Déu de Montsió church (1882–1890)
- School building Sant Ignasi de Loiola (1892)
- Church del Sagrat Cor de Jesús (1883–1889, with Camil Oliveras i Jansana , Enric Sagnier i Villavecchia )
- Apse and dome of the Mercè basilica
- Building of the Antiga Societat del Crèdit Mercantil (bank, 1896–1900)
- Restoration of the Pedralbes Monastery (1897)
- Building of the Societat de Crèdit Mercantil (1901, annual city government award for the best house in 1901)
- Monument to Joan Güell (1901)
- Casa Robert, (Palau Robert) (1898–1903)
- Church of the Col·legi RR Dominiques de l'Anunziata (1903, the school building is by Josep Torres Argullol , 1875)
- Palace and garden of Finca Güell (today Palau Reial de Pedralbes ), for which Gaudí created a gatehouse and stables a little later ( Güell Pavilions )
Outside of Barcelona:
- Parish Church of Santa Maria in Portbou
- Sant Esteve church in Castellar
- Monumental Rosary ( Rosari Monumental de Montserrat ) on Montserrat : fourth and fifth joyful mystery, fourth painful and third glorious mystery
- Palacio de Sobrellano in Comillas ( Santander ) (1878–1890)
- Panteón de Sobranello (1881, chapel right next to the Palacio de Sobranello; the interior is by Gaudí)
- Seminar of Comillas (1883, completed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Enciclopèdia Catalana ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ EPdLP
Web links
- Joan Martorell i Montells in the Enciclopèdia Catalana
- Joan Martorell Montells on El Poder de la Palabra (EPdLP) (with numerous photos)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Martorell, Joan |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Martorell i Montells, Joan (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Spanish architect of Catalan modernism and historicism |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1833 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Barcelona |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 5, 1906 |
| Place of death | Barcelona |