What was Antoni Gaudí famous for?

A leading contributor to modern art, Antoni Gaudí was a Catalan architect and pioneer of 19th-century architecture. He was among the most influential modern artists in Spain, whose sensational architecture represented Barcelona's interpretation of Art Nouveau: Modernisme.



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Gaudi was born in Catalonia in 1852 into a wealthy family and a life filled, as Tarragona puts it, with horses, opera, and the best restaurants.

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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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Gaudí's creative genius—and the curves, shapes, and ornamentations it produced—literally changed the face of architecture and building technology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Gaudí recognized the formal order inherent in most architecture before his time—and deliberately turned it upside down.

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