- Jaume Busquets
Jaume Busquets (1903–1968) was a Catalan sculptor and painter of the "
noucentisme " generation.He was the youngest son of a family of four artist brothers from
Gerona (Girona),Catalonia , Spain. [Ajuntament de Girona, "Els Germans Busquets 1917-1941"]Busquets was a disciple of
Antoni Gaudí . He designed and sculpted theHoly Family ensemble on the Nativity façade of Gaudí'sSagrada Familia Basilica Shrine inBarcelona . [ [http://www.gaudiallgaudi.com/AA012a.htm Gaudí: SAGRADA FAMÍLIA: Nativity façade ] ] Busquets also designed and sculpted the statue of theBlessed Virgin with Child on the façade of theGirona Cathedral . [ [http://www.catedraldegirona.org/inici.php La Catedral de Girona ] ]Career
A precocious boy, Busquets went to work, at the age of fifteen, in the Barcelona studio of
Darius Vilas .In his final years, Busquets devoted his energies exclusively to sculpture, producing his masterworks, the "Jesus, Maria i Josep" ensemble (1958) that forms the centerpiece of Gaudi's Nativity Façade and the "Mare de Deu" statue (1962) that adorns the façade of the Girona Cathedral. [Ajuntament de Girona, "Els Germans Busquets" 1917-1941, pp.17-19]
References
Sources
Ajuntament de Girona, "Els Germans Busquets 1917-1941", Girona, 1996.
Ajuntament de Girona, [http://www.ajuntament.gi/sgdap/artalcarrer/autor_fitxa.php?id=42 biographical page] (Catalan)
Busquets, Joan, "L'art que expressa la fe", Girona, 1997.
Cathedral de Girona [http://www.catedraldegirona.org/index_noflash.php Official website] (English avail.)
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