Domènec Sugrañes i Gras
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Domènec Sugrañes i Gras (12 December 1878 - 9 August 1938) was a Catalan
modernist
architect and disciple of Antoni Gaudí
. He succeeded him at the head of the works of the church of the Sagrada Familia
and finished the façade of the Nativity. Sugrañes held this charge during 10 years, from Gaudí's death in 1926 until the 20 July 1936.
Gaudi met Domènec Sugrañes in 1905 during his last year at the school of architecture. Since then, he participated in most of Gaudi's works. In collaboration with Gaudí, Domènec Sugrañes decorated the Bellesguard
house with seating banks in mosaic (1917). He made the house of Hermenegild Miralles i Anglès, of which Gaudí made only gateway to the property. He also collaborated in the Casa Batlló
and Casa Milà
.
Sugrañes became very close with Gaudí, to the extent that the latter established him as his testamentary executor.
Catalan people
The Catalans or Catalonians are the people from, or with origins in, Catalonia that form a historical nationality in Spain. The inhabitants of the adjacent portion of southern France are sometimes included in this definition...
modernist
Modernism
Modernism, in its broadest definition, is modern thought, character, or practice. More specifically, the term describes the modernist movement, its set of cultural tendencies and array of associated cultural movements, originally arising from wide-scale and far-reaching changes to Western society...
architect and disciple of Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí
Antoni Gaudí i Cornet was a Spanish Catalan architect and figurehead of Catalan Modernism. Gaudí's works reflect his highly individual and distinctive style and are largely concentrated in the Catalan capital of Barcelona, notably his magnum opus, the Sagrada Família.Much of Gaudí's work was...
. He succeeded him at the head of the works of the church of the Sagrada Familia
Sagrada Familia
The ' , commonly known as the Sagrada Família, is a large Roman Catholic church in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí...
and finished the façade of the Nativity. Sugrañes held this charge during 10 years, from Gaudí's death in 1926 until the 20 July 1936.
Gaudi met Domènec Sugrañes in 1905 during his last year at the school of architecture. Since then, he participated in most of Gaudi's works. In collaboration with Gaudí, Domènec Sugrañes decorated the Bellesguard
Bellesguard
Bellesguard , also known as Casa Figueres, is a modernist manor house designed by Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí, which was constructed between 1900 and 1909.It is located at the Sarrià-Sant Gervasi district of Barcelona...
house with seating banks in mosaic (1917). He made the house of Hermenegild Miralles i Anglès, of which Gaudí made only gateway to the property. He also collaborated in the Casa Batlló
Casa Batlló
Casa Batlló is a building restored by Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol, built in the year 1877 and remodelled in the years 1904–1906; located at 43, Passeig de Gràcia , part of the Illa de la Discòrdia in the Eixample district of Barcelona, Spain...
and Casa Milà
Casa Milà
Casa Milà , better known as La Pedrera , is a building designed by the Catalan architect Antoni Gaudí and built during the years 1905–1910, being considered officially completed in 1912...
.
Sugrañes became very close with Gaudí, to the extent that the latter established him as his testamentary executor.
List of works
- The Plaza Monumental de Barcelona in collaboration with Manuel Joaquim Raspall i Mayol (1913).
- "Casa Bonet", SalouSalouSalou is a municipality of the comarca of Tarragonès, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The city is approximately 10km from Tarragona and Reus on the Costa Daurada and 112km from Barcelona...
, (1918). - Buildings "Balmes 107-109", BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
(1922). - Building Muntaner "147 - Rosselló 142", BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
(1928) - Public school of the PiaristsPiaristsThe Order of Poor Clerics Regular of the Mother of God of the Pious Schools or, in short, Piarists , is the name of the oldest Catholic educational order also known as the Scolopi, Escolapios or Poor Clerics of the Mother of God...
, Balmes street, Barcelona (1928). - "Casa Pellicer", Reus (1928).
- Public school of CapelladesCapelladesCapellades is a town in Catalonia, located in the south of the comarca of Anoia, some sixty metres above the Anoia river where it cuts through the Serrelada Pre-litoral, or precoastal range, in the Capellades Gorge...
(1931).