There are few artists who, in some recesses of their works, leave details, which, in addition to the fact that they are part of the set, suggest a wink of someone, in particular. A kind of small or modest tribute that can surprise more than one neophyte in the style of work under consideration, but this does not remain unnoticed by expert scientists who devote countless hours to consider every centimeter of architecture, sculpture or painting.
This is the case of a sculpture of a cyclist who appears and surprises when he carefully monitors capital Macausky HouseOne of the beautiful modernist houses that can be visited and appreciated in the Catalan capital. House, whose author Josep Puig I CadafalchOne of the great architects of Catalan modernism, in addition to the link of political nationalism in the late 19th and the beginning of the twentieth centuries.
The work of Puig I Cadafalch is not reduced, especially, to the house of Macai. On the contrary, since he is considered a prolific author, especially in Barcelona, in which he tried to melt the architecture and policy in creating a local style, which combined elements of medieval Gothic with elements of the Catalan sunny house. And a good example of the mentioned style is Makai’s House, The modernist Palace, which Puig I Cadafalch developed in 1901 at 108 Paseo San JuanField
And what amazing details is this modernist house? What attracts attention to what a grateful and visiting patient who considers the house for staying? Fine CyclistThe field of a person installed in a two -year -old vehicle, which many experts in this area agree that It would be Puig, I myselfThe field but it was on its own?
The Macausky House was conceived as an industrial residence Roman Makaya GibertA rich Catalan businessman, known for his luck, which he reaped in remote America with the cultivation of cotton. He decided to sell his business and return to Barcelona to enjoy his last years of life with his wife Carmen Sanmarti and children. Macaya, in order to demonstrate his show even more, was looking for a few farthest place in the center to build its palace. And I bought land on Paseo -e -San -Huang.
Two orders at the same time
In 1898, industry entrusted Josep Puig I Kadafulch to build her palaceField but since this delighted architect did at the same time Amatller HouseAnother gem of Barcelona architecture, during the day He made several bicycle trips to personally follow the simultaneous work of two housesField
The architect and cyclist Puig I Kadafalch counted on the implementation of the palace with the sculptor Evsebi ArnaauOne of his usual ordinary employees. And this is a sculptor that is awarded The winking, which forced the architect himself, who did not stop traveling in 1300 meters, which separated both works from the bicycle, similar to the one that he sculpted in the capital.
The simultaneity of the works of both buildings can explain the architectural similarity between the two masterpieces of modernism, such as the asymmetric and polychrome composition of the facade and the importance of gaps. For example, on the top floor, we will find a gallery with Conopiales Forks, a run gallery in both designs, which served as a balcony. This composition of the style responded to the desire to correct the basics for new Catalan architecture. Macausky House This was declared cultural good national interest General of General Catalonia in 1976.
