Escola de la Llotja
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The Escola de la Llotja (Catalan pronunciation:
History
The school was founded by the Junta de Comerç de Barcelona in 1775 under the name Escola gratuïta de disseny as a training center for applied art. The school was first oriented around the printing of silk and cotton textiles, and later broadened its scope to include the plastic arts.[3] The period between 1768 and 1787 was a great boom of textile-printing factories, and Barcelona led Europe in textile-printing activity.[4] In 1817, the school added architectural studies to its program of studies.
The school's classes were totally free. Furthermore, scholarships allowed many students to travel to Madrid and other European centers like Rome and Paris for studies, where they typically dedicated themselves to copying grand masters' works, which was a common method of study in that era. The school's focus evolved toward the fine arts and in 1778 its name was changed to Fine Arts School (Escola de Nobles Arts). In 1790, the school expanded with satellite locations in
In 1850, the school became dependent on the Acadèmia Provincial de Belles Arts, with the new name Provincial School of Fine Art (Escola Provincial de Belles Arts).
Some renowned figures in the world of arts and design have passed through its classrooms, such as the painters
Mexican painter Sylvia Ordóñez studied printmaking at the Escola de la Llotja in 1979.[6] Pepita Pardell, Spanish animator, cartoonist, illustrator, and painter, was also a student.
Notable alumni
- Emília Coranty Llurià (1862-1944), painter
- Adelaida Ferré Gomis (1881-1955), lace-maker
- Francesc Daniel Molina i Casamajó (1812—867), architect
- Òscar Tusquets (1941-), architect
References
- ^ Pedro Pascual Moles Biografías y Vidas
- ISBN 84-297-5442-3
- ^ Montero i Madariaga, Jordi,(2002), Llotja Escola Gratuïta 1775 Escola d'Art 2000 "Presentació", Generalitat de Catalunya, Departament d'Ensenyament Escola d'Art Llotja, DL-. B-52.966-00
- ISBN 84-297-3803-7p. 37
- ISBN 84-7826-577-5
- ISBN 978-1-135-63882-5.
External links
- Official site (English) Archived 2019-05-27 at the Wayback Machine