By: Lydia Ostryniec

Period 6
Spanish Class
1853
Antoni Gaud was born on June 25, 1852. He was
born in the province of Tarragona in southern
Catalonia. His full birth name is Antoni Plcid
Guillem Gaud i Cornet. His parents were Francesc
Gaud Serra and Antnia Cornet Bertran and they
both came from families of coppersmiths. Antoni
Gaud was a Spanish Catalan architect who is
famous for his unique designs.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD

This is where Antoni Gaud was born.
Antoni Gauds early life
Antoni Gaud was the youngest of 5 children. All but
one of his siblings died in childhood. Gaud was a sick
child and as a result he did not play much with other
children. Instead of playing he took walks and
observed the countryside. It was during this period
that Antoni Gauds fascination of architecture and
design grew.

http://historicalbiographies.suite101.com/article.cfm
/antoni_gaudi

This is Antoni Gaud in 1878


1873
In 1873 Antoni Gaud went to school for architecture.
He went to school at Escola Tecnica Superior
dArquitectura in Barcelona. Gaud went from 1873
to 1877. Finally, after five years Antoni Gaud got the
title of architect in 1878.

http://www.blurtit.com/q531407.html

1877
In 1877 Antoni Gaud built the Casa Batll. The local
name for the building is Casa dels ossos which means
the house of bones. It has a skeletal organic quality
and the outside looks like it is made from skulls and
bones. The building was remodeled in 1904 to 1906.
The building was designed by Gaud for Josep Batll,
a wealthy aristocrat, as an upmarket home. Seor
Batll lived in the lower two floors with his family
and the upper floors were rented out as apartments.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Batll%C3%B3
http://www.barcelona-tourist-
guide.com/en/gaudi/casa-batllo.html
This is the Casa Batll at night.
1883
In 1883 Antoni Gaud started to build his creation
of La Sagrada Famlia in Barcelona at the age of 31.
From then on Antoni Gaud spent most of his time
working on this eccentric church. When Gaud died
there was only one nativity scene, one tower, and
the apse and crypt were finished.

http://www.aviewoncities.com/barcelona/sagradaf
amilia.htm

This is La Sagrada Famlia.
1900
In 1900 Antoni Gaud designed the Park Gell,
which is also located in Barcelona. The Park Gell
was composed to bring peace and clam that one
would except from a park. The buildings at the
entrance of this park that Gaud designed have very
wavy roofs, that fit in very well with the rest of
Gauds design.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Park_G%C3%BCell


This is a bench at Park Gell that
shows Gauds great mosaic work.
1906
In 1906 Antoni Gaud started to work on his creation
of the Casa Mil. The Casa Mil is also known as La
Pedrera, which means The Quarry. It was built for
Rosario Segimon and Pere Mil who were a wealthy
couple. The building was officially completed in
1912. Casa Mil was in poor condition in the early
1980s. It had been painted a dreary brown and many
of its interior color schemes had been abandoned,
but it has since been restored and many of the
original colors revived.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casa_Mil%C3%A0


This is the Casa Mil.
1926
On June 7, 1926 Antoni Gaud was hit/ run over by a
tram. Since he looked very dirty and unclean many cab
drivers refused to pick him up in fear that he wouldnt
pay the fare. He was eventually taken to a paupers
hospital in Barcelona. No one knew who he was because
he spent all of his time hidden away working. His friends
found him the next day. His friends tried to take Gaud to
a nicer hospital, he refused and said I belong here
among the poor. Antoni Gaud died three days later on
June 10, 1926. He died of the age of 73. He was buried in
the middle of La Sagrada Famlia. Half of Barcelona was
mourning his death.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antoni_Gaud%C3%AD

This is like the tram that ran over Antoni Gaud.
This is Antoni Gauds
signature.