Joan Martorell

Joan Martorell i Montells (* 1833 in Barcelona, † July 5, 1906 in Barcelona) was a Catalan architect and architect. He was an uncle of the architect Martorell i Puig Bernardí.

Life

Martorell received his title as an architect in 1876 and thus belongs to the first year of the Escola de Arquitectura de Barcelona. Its architectural language is attributable to the late historicism, especially the then very popular in Catalonia, Gothic Revival, with strong influences of the ideas of Viollet -le- Duc. But he is already considered an important pioneer of Modernism, after all, were the two most important representatives of Modernism, namely Antoni Gaudí and Lluís Domènech i Montaner, even as a student employee in his office.

About Martorell tied Gaudí important contacts to later clients. For example, as the Marquis of Comillas. Martorell it was also, in 1883 the young Gaudí for the continuation of the work recommended as Prüfarchitekt the Sagrada Família, after the architect Francesc de Paula del Villar had gone in dispute.

In 1882, Martorell published a much-publicized counter design for the facade of the Cathedral of Barcelona, ​​which, however, was not executed. The drawings were executed to Gaudí and Domènech.

Martorell was one of the initiators of the Cercle de Sant Lluc Artístic (, Artist Circle of St. Luke's ), as well as the founder and first President of the Círculo de San José Obrero Barcelonés (, Barcelonans county of St. Joseph the Worker ').

Works (selection)

The majority of his works realized Martorell in Barcelona. The most important are:

  • Altar of the Church of the Col · legi del Sagrat cor ( the church comes from Josep Casademunt i torrents, started 1856)
  • Convent and church de les Adoratrius (1874-1875)
  • Convent and church de les Saleses (Sant Francesc de Sales ) ( 1882-1885 )
  • Restoration of the church of Mare de Deu de Montsio (1882-1890)
  • Sant Ignasi de Loiola school building (1892 )
  • Church del Sagrat Cor de Jesús (1883-1889, with Camil Oliveras i Jansana, Enric Sagnier i Villa Vecchia )
  • Apse and cupola of the Basilica of La Mercè
  • Period residence of Antiga Societat del Crèdit Mercantil ( Bank House, 1896-1900 )
  • Restoration of the Monastery of Pedralbes (1897 )
  • Building the Societat de Crèdit Mercantil (1901, an annual prize of the city government for the best house 1901)
  • Monument of Joan Güell (1901 )
  • Casa Robert, ( Palau Robert ) ( 1898-1903 )
  • Col · legi Church of RR Dominique de l' Anunziata (1903, the school building dates from Josep Torres Argullol, 1875)
  • Palace and garden of the Finca Güell ( Palau Reial de Pedralbes today ) for which Gaudí little later gatehouse and stables created ( Güell pavilions )

Outside Barcelona:

  • Parish Church of Santa Maria in Portbou
  • Church of Saint Stephen in Castellar
  • Monumental Rosary ( Rosari Monumental de Montserrat ) on Montserrat: fourth and fifth joy rich secret, fourth ache rich and third Glorious Mystery
  • Palacio de Sobrellano in Comillas (Santander ) ( 1878-1890 )
  • Panteon de Sobranello (1881, chapel, next to the Palacio de Sobranello, the device comes from Gaudí )
  • Seminar of Comillas (1883, completed by Lluís Domènech i Montaner )
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