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Who Was Antoni Gaudí?

The son of a coppersmith, Antoni Gaudí was in and took to architecture at a young age. He attended school in Barcelona, the city that would become home to most of his great works.

Gaudí was part of the Catalan Modernista movement, eventually transcending it with his nature-based organic style.

Early Years

Gaudí was born in Catalonia on the Mediterranean coast of Spain on June 25, He showed an early interest in architecture and went to study in Barcelona — Spain's most modern city at the time — circa After his studies were interrupted by military service, Gaudí graduated from the Provincial School of Architecture in

Development as a Professional Architect

Upon graduation, Gaudí initially worked in the artistic vein of his Victorian predecessors, but he soon developed his own style, composing his works with juxtapositions of geometric masses and animating the surfaces with patterned brick or stone, bright ceramic tiles and floral or re