Jaume Busquets
Jaume Busquets i Mollera (Girona, 1903 - Barcelona, 1968) was a Spanish sculptor and painter of the noucentisme generation from Catalonia.
He was the youngest son of a family of four artist brothers from Girona, Catalonia, Spain.[1]
Busquets was a disciple of Antoni Gaudí. He designed and sculpted the Holy Family ensemble on the Nativity façade of Gaudí's Sagrada Familia Basilica Shrine in Barcelona.[2] Busquets also designed and sculpted the statue of the Blessed Virgin with Child on the façade of the Girona Cathedral.[3]
Career[]
A precocious boy, Busquets went to work, at the age of fifteen, in the Barcelona studio of .
In his final years, Busquets devoted his energies exclusively to sculpture, producing his masterworks, the Jesus, Maria i Josep ensemble (1958) that forms the centerpiece of Gaudi's Nativity Façade and the Mare de Deu statue (1962) that adorns the façade of the Girona Cathedral.[4]
References[]
- ^ Ajuntament de Girona, Els Germans Busquets 1917-1941
- ^ Gaudí: SAGRADA FAMÍLIA: Nativity façade
- ^ La Catedral de Girona
- ^ Ajuntament de Girona, Els Germans Busquets 1917-1941, pp.17-19
Sources[]
- Ajuntament de Girona, Els Germans Busquets 1917-1941, Girona, 1996.
- Ajuntament de Girona, biographical page (Catalan)
- Busquets, Joan, L'art que expressa la fe, Girona, 1997.
- Cathedral de Girona Official website (English avail.)
External links[]
Media related to Jaume Busquets i Mollera at Wikimedia Commons
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