부산대학교 도서관

(b Tarragona, Sept 16, 1879; d Barcelona, May 5, 1949). Spanish Catalan architect, teacher and painter. He graduated from the Escuela de Arquitectura, Barcelona, in 1906 and in his earlier years was one of Antoni Gaudí’s closest collaborators. Together they formed the studio of the Sagrada Familia, and Jujol’s hand may also be seen in works designed by Gaudí in the first decade of the 20th century, such as the Casa Batlló (1904–6), the Casa Milá (1906–10) and the Park Güell (1905–14), all in Barcelona, and the new choir for Palma Cathedral, Mallorca (1904–14). Following Gaudí’s example Jujol combined structural and constructional invention in his work with a splendid sense of colour and a feeling for the combination of elements and the transmutation of forms. From his youthful decorations for the Manach Store (1911; destr.) in Barcelona to his alterations at the Torre Bofarull (1914–30) in Els Palleresos, Tarragona, he pioneered an architecture based on a ‘collage’ of diverse and sometimes unusual elements, in which the strength of the violently created associations contrasted with the ethereal fragility of his constructions. Churches were a central part of his work: examples include the church of Vistabella (...