Cèsar Martinell

Cèsar Martinell i Brunet (born December 24, 1888 in Valls , † November 19, 1973 in Barcelona ) was a Catalan architect and an important representative of modernism .

biography

Cèsar Martinell finished his architecture studies in Barcelona in 1916. He was a student of Antoni Gaudí . In 1923 he became dean of the School of Architecture and in 1929 professor at the Art School in Barcelona. He wrote numerous works, in particular on Baroque architecture and sculpture, on the theory and work of Gaudí, and on agricultural architecture in Catalonia, an area in which he was the undisputed expert.

Works

historic mill and factory building La Farinera in Cervera (1922)

Winery of the Sant Cugat del Vallès Cooperative from 1921

Interior view of the winery of the wine cooperative of El Pinell de Brai

Cèsar Martinell deserves to be lined up with his teacher Antoni Gaudí, Josep Puig i Cadafalch , Lluís Domènech i Montaner and Josep Maria Jujol . It is his merit to have brought Catalan industrial architecture to an extraordinarily high artistic standard. In his life he designed well over 40 wine cellars or agricultural buildings and was responsible for the creation of the term “wine cathedrals” ( Catalan : “ Catedrals del Vi ” ). The brick halls of the cellars resemble church naves, which are covered with thin layers of bricks.

The main cellars of Cèsar Martinell can be found in

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME	Martinell, Cèsar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Martinell i Brunet, Cèsar (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Catalan architect
DATE OF BIRTH	December 24, 1888
PLACE OF BIRTH	Valls
DATE OF DEATH	19th November 1973
Place of death	Barcelona