Pere Caselles i Tarrats
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Pere Caselles i Tarrats was a Spanish Catalan Modernist
architect.
Born at Reus
, he studied in Barcelona
where he graduated in architecture in 1889. He worked mostly in his native town of Reus, designing civil buildings and private residences. These include the Casa Grau, Casa Iglesias, Casa Munné, Casa Pinyol
, Casa Querol, Casa Sardà, Casa Tomàs Jordi, Casa Punyet, Casa Seharra, Casa Tarrats and the Prat de la Riba public school.
He was assassinated during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War
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Modernisme
Modernisme was a cultural movement associated with the search for Catalan national identity. It is often understood as an equivalent to a number of fin-de-siècle art movements, such as Art Nouveau, Jugendstil, Secessionism, and Liberty style, and was active from roughly 1888 to 1911 Modernisme ...
architect.
Born at Reus
Reus
Reus is the capital of the comarca of Baix Camp, in the province of Tarragona, in Catalonia, Spain. The area has always been an important producer of wines and spirits, and gained continental importance at the time of the Phylloxera plague...
, he studied in Barcelona
Barcelona
Barcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
where he graduated in architecture in 1889. He worked mostly in his native town of Reus, designing civil buildings and private residences. These include the Casa Grau, Casa Iglesias, Casa Munné, Casa Pinyol
Casa Pinyol
Casa Pinyol is a building designed in Reus, Catalonia, Spain, designed by the Modernist architect Pere Caselles i Tarrats.The Casa Pinyol was built in 1910. As of 2010 it is used as the head office of the Catalan party Convergència Democràtica de Catalunya in the city of Reus....
, Casa Querol, Casa Sardà, Casa Tomàs Jordi, Casa Punyet, Casa Seharra, Casa Tarrats and the Prat de la Riba public school.
He was assassinated during the early stages of the Spanish Civil War
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
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