{"id":4333,"date":"2022-09-02T11:52:07","date_gmt":"2022-09-02T09:52:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/domenech-i-montaner\/"},"modified":"2026-08-21T15:16:21","modified_gmt":"2026-08-21T13:16:21","slug":"domenech-i-montaner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/en\/domenech-i-montaner\/","title":{"rendered":"Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dom\u00e8nech\u2019s architectural output ranges from urban projects to monumental complexes to small-scale works. He designed some of the most singular buildings in Art Nouveau Barcelona, such as the Fonda Espanya, Lle\u00f3 Morera House, Fuster House and the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The&nbsp;<strong>architect&nbsp;<\/strong>Llu\u00eds&nbsp;<strong>Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner<\/strong>&nbsp;(1849-1923), considered the father of the&nbsp;<strong>Catalan Art Nouveau<\/strong>, was born into an educated, progressive family of Barcelona\u2019s wealthy middle class. His father, Pere Dom\u00e8nech i Sal\u00f3, was a prestigious bookbinder, and his mother, Maria Montaner i Vila, daughter of an old noble family in Canet de Mar, a town to which the architect was closely linked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"668\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-668x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3390\" srcset=\"https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-668x1024.jpg 668w, https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-768x1178.jpg 768w, https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-1002x1536.jpg 1002w, https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-1336x2048.jpg 1336w, https:\/\/santpaubarcelona.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/15_20_0002_15x23-3-scaled.jpg 1669w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 668px) 100vw, 668px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Upon gaining his degree in the exact, physical and natural sciences at Barcelona University and embarking on engineering studies, he chose to become an architect. After completing his degree at the Special School of Architecture in Madrid, he set out on a trip around France, Switzerland, Italy, Germany and Austria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Back in Catalonia, Dom\u00e8nech began his professional career as an architect and in 1875 he became interim lecturer at the Barcelona School of Architecture, with which he was associated until 1920. His students there included other famous&nbsp;<strong>Art Nouveau architects&nbsp;<\/strong>such as Antoni Gaud\u00ed, Josep Puig i Cadafalch and Josep Maria Jujol.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Architectural practice became his true passion, though never neglecting other facets that made him an all-rounder, a humanist and a lover of history.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At the end of his life, ill with stomach cancer and disenchanted with politics and some of his colleagues, he delegated much of his professional activity to his son, Pere Dom\u00e8nech i Roura, who completed work on the&nbsp;<strong>old Hospital de Sant Pau<\/strong>&nbsp;when Llu\u00eds Dom\u00e8nech i Montaner died in 1923, and his son-in-law Francesc Gu\u00e0rdia i Vial, and devoted himself to his studies of history and, in particular, heraldry. Dom\u00e8nech idealised medieval Catalonia as one of the moments of greatest splendour and authenticity, and chose to reinforce the Catalan identity of the present with references from the past. His passion for heraldry and the medieval period is very much present at the&nbsp;<strong>Art Nouveau Site<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dom\u00e8nech\u2019s architectural output ranges from urban projects to monumental complexes to small-scale works. He designed some of the most singular buildings in Art Nouveau Barcelona, such as the Fonda Espanya, Lle\u00f3 Morera House, Fuster House and the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Studio work involved the collaboration of a consolidated group of technicians, artisans and manufacturers who provided the leading thread in his quest to produce the total artwork.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dom\u00e8nech\u2019s architectural output ranges from urban projects to monumental complexes to small-scale works. He designed some of the most singular buildings in Art Nouveau Barcelona, such as the Fonda Espanya, Lle\u00f3 Morera House, Fuster House and the Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana. 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