He was born, educated and worked all his life in Barcelona, Spain.
His first works were influenced by gothic and Catalan architectural modes but he developed his own distinct sculptural style.
In the first years of his career, Gaudi was strongly influenced by a French
architect [Eugene Viollet-Le-Duc]? who promoted the return to an evolved form of gothic architecture.
But Gaudi surpassed Viollet-Le-Duc, and created buildings and designs that were highly original - irregular, fantastically shaped with intricate art nouveau-like patterns. Some of his masterworks, most notably, La Sagrada Familia have an almost hallucinatory power.
Gaudi's major works in chronological order :
See also :
architecture, art nouveau
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