Can Negre1, Catalan Modernism

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Can Negre is located in a town - Sant Joan Despí -

close to Barcelona. 

Can Negre is a 17th-century

farmhouse which was transformed by Art Nouveau architect Josep

Maria Jujol i Gibert between 1915 and 1930

At the beginning of the 20th century, it was

owned by lawyer and rural landowner Pere Negre i Jover (1867-

1939), who commissioned Josep

Maria Jujol with renovation work

Wrought iron bird

located at entrance

Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949) was a Catalan architect. Jujol's wide field of activity ranged from furniture designs and painting, to architecture. He worked with Antoni Gaudí on many of his most famous works

The main façade is one of the most

important elements and is

crowned by undulating lines in a style typical of Baroque façades

Side facade

Corner of the sidewall and backside

The original façade openings were maintained, but were given a

new style, designing the

main bay window in the surprising

shape of a carriage

the main bay window

the main bay window

For some reason, a glassy box resembling half an 18th-

century carriage is attached to the front, and propped on

insect-like legs

The commission of the refurbishment works of that old "masia" - the traditional rural Catalan house - was made to Jujol by his owner, the lawyer and important land owner Pere Negre i Jover, who was the aim to dignify it. Jujol applied his enormous imagination to develop a special design for the façade and interiors remembering the baroque style

Capping of a side gallery

Jujol was also a painter, sculptor, ironworker, graphic designer, and ceramic and stained-glass artist. As an architect, he was a close collaborator of Gaudí

The original façade openings were maintained, but were given a

new style, designing the

main bay window in the surprising

shape of a carriage.

wrought iron gate Iron crane and terra cotta gargoyle wrought iron

terra cotta gargoyle

Cantilever and curious drainage system side of the main tribune

Trencadís hole of drainage system overhang of the main tribune

Delicate sgraffito is laid on top of the white, showing fronds, garlands and inscriptions in honour of the Virgin Mary 

Fountain

Well and laundry

The top of the back facade

Esgrafiados (scratchwork) on the top of the back façade

Sgraffito is a decorative technique used in various media, also known as graffito or scratchwork, in which layers of contrasting colours are applied to a surface and a design is scratched through the upper layer to reveal the colour beneath. In the Renaissance, lime plaster, tinted with ash, was used as the under layer, and then covered with white lime plaster. Most sgraffito, especially two or three colour work, belongs to the 19th century

the pergola

Decorated bench with ceramic fragments (trencadís technique) with the monogram of Negre

Trencadís is a type of mosaic used in Catalan modernism, created from broken tile shards. The technique is also called pique assiette. This mosaic is done using broken pieces of ceramic, like tiles and dinnerware .The Catalan architects Antoni Gaudí and Josep Maria Jujol used trencadís in many projects, among which Barcelona's Parc Güell is probably the most famous.

Bench with flower bed

The traditional technique used by Gaudí and Jujol was to select and break ceramic fragments for uniform sized pieces, no more than 8 or 10 inches, which were united with mortar (mortar composed of lime, sand and water)

Gaudí’s employee and protégé, Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949) was a Catalan architect.The serpentine benches in the Park Güell are his, he carried out the ceramic cladding in the column room in Güell Park in Barcelona with Gaudí (1911-1913), the handrails in La Pedrera house (1905-1910) and the ceramic cladding on the Casa Batlló house façade (1904-1906).

Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert (1879–1949)

Casa Rovira in Sant Joan Despí is also one of Josep Maria Jujol i Gibert’s work

Sound: Isaac Albéniz - Azulejos

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanu

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