Mosaicos Hidráulicos Òrsola Solá y Cia. 1898.
Artist: ALEJANDRO DE RIQUER (1856-1920)
Size: 33 1/8 x 49 1/4 in./84 x 125.2 cm
Condition: B/ Slight tears at folds.
Printer: Utrillo & Rialp, Barcelona
Reference: Ref: Cataluña, 36; Riquer, p. 116; Artes Gráficas, p. 173; PAI-XXIX, 597
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Spain
Mosaicos Hidráulicos Òrsola Solá y Cia. 1898.
De Riquer contributes his Art Nouveau aesthetic to a Barcelona firm specializing in hydraulic mosaics—a collaboration that was actually quite typical of the time. The decorative pigmented cement tiles were first invented in France in the mid-19th century, but it was a Barcelona company that developed it into an alternative product to natural stones like marble. The rise of this technique coincided with modernisme, spurring complex and artistic designs created by artists including de Riquer and Gaudí.
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Artist: ALEJANDRO DE RIQUER (1856-1920)
Size: 33 1/8 x 49 1/4 in./84 x 125.2 cm
Condition: B/ Slight tears at folds.
Printer: Utrillo & Rialp, Barcelona
Reference: Ref: Cataluña, 36; Riquer, p. 116; Artes Gráficas, p. 173; PAI-XXIX, 597
Key Words: Art Nouveau; Spain
Mosaicos Hidráulicos Òrsola Solá y Cia. 1898.
De Riquer contributes his Art Nouveau aesthetic to a Barcelona firm specializing in hydraulic mosaics—a collaboration that was actually quite typical of the time. The decorative pigmented cement tiles were first invented in France in the mid-19th century, but it was a Barcelona company that developed it into an alternative product to natural stones like marble. The rise of this technique coincided with modernisme, spurring complex and artistic designs created by artists including de Riquer and Gaudí.
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