Anton Gaudí

Anton Gaudí is one of the most important architect in the world. He was born in Spain in 1852. He worked during the Modernism, or Art Nouveau period, but he became famous for his unique and highly individualistic designs. His revolution of architecture and art provides the basis for current and future art.

He always considered nature like a great source of inspiration in his creations. In his childhood he had a lot of diseases that prevented him from attending classes regularly and forced him to spend long periods of time in the family farmhouse. He spent many hours observing the beauty of animals, plants and stones.

He built some amazing buildings in Barcelona like Park Güell, Casa Milá (La Pedrera) and Casa Batlló, but his most important and great project is the Sagrada Familia church, which construction started in 1884 and it remains unfinished until now. The reason for this delay is that the only existing copy of the blueprints was destroyed during the Spanish Civil War. Currently, architects estimate that the church would be finished towards 2026.

At the end of his life Gaudí became a very devote and hermit person, living in a voluntary poverty. He dedicated all his time to the construction of the Sagrada Familia and in 1926 he died hit by a tram and nobody recognized him.