Did Gaudi have a disease?

Abstract. Antoni Gaudí i Cornet, Catalan architect and one of the most important visual artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, suffered from a recurrent and often persistent arthritis since he was 6 years old. His diagnosis is uncertain but juvenile idiopathic arthritis is most likely.



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Gaudí passed away without seeing his beloved basilica completed. But his legacy as an architectural genius lives on through his astonishing works. Every year over 4 million people visit La Sagrada Familia Basilica to experience the wonders of Gaudí's endless imagination.

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While Gaudí and Dali were buddies, often bigging up each other's work, Picasso and Gaudí never saw eye to eye. In spite of making art their life's work, Picasso spent a lot of time dissing the Sagrada Família, Gaudí's magnum opus.

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His inventiveness and special handling of shapes make him a great creator; his extraordinary handling of structures, his imaginative use of materials and his sense of decoration make him an extraordinary master of Catalan architectural modernism.

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Gaudi was inspired by nature and the beauty around him. His organic style differentiates Gaudi from other architects because no one can infuse nature into an architectural creation as Gaudi can. Every detail ties in something new, leaving every project truly unique. Barcelona hosts Gaudi's greatest masterpieces.

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Gaudi absorbed this culture and was a committed nationalist as a young man, but in later life he turned to Catholicism and became deeply religious and ascetic.

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