Wednesday 17 February 2010

Antonio Gaudi Biography

Antonio Gaudi i Cornet.

He was born on July 25 ,1852.

He was from Reus (Catalunya) and he died in Barcelona on 1926.

He was an architect .He is the best representative of the Catalan Modernism.

Antonio Gaudi was an architect who had a great imagination which allowed him to build monumental buildings.

Antonio Gaudi, in his childhood was of sickly nature, which gave him an introspect character.

He was a student at the school Tecnica Superior d'Arquitectura in Barcelona from 1873 of 1877.

He did excellently in his drawings and projects.

Gaudi was a devout Catholic, to the point that in his later years he abandoned secular work and devoted his life to Catholicism and his Sagrada Familia.

Gaudi'a first works were designed in the style of gothic architecture.

Gaudi's died because a train hit him on 10 June 1926 (age 73).

No comments: