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General view of Alesund's Jugendstil district (© Jugendstilsenteret)

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Léon Benois, 1897- 1899. Chapel Sainte-Marie-Madeleine (© Institute MathildenHöhe, Darmstadt)

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Graner i Prat, Josep

Casserres de Berguedà 1844 - 1930

1 Master builder


Josep Graner with his daughter Montserrat (© Morgades Graner Family)

The early works by this master builder are linked to a rather classical conception. Later on, however, his ideas of decoration evolved and he used vegetable ornamentation on his buildings that broke up the more rigid forms.

His prolific activity was concentrated mainly in Montcada i Reixac and other parts of Catalonia. In Barcelona he constructed buildings such as Casa Fajol, also known as Casa de la Papallona (The Butterfly House, 1912; Llançà, 20), which belongs to the late Modernista period. Its crown is decorated with polychrome trencadís (broken tile ornamentation) which attenuates the severity of the building's general lines.

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