Francesc Santacruz i Artigas
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Catalonia
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sculptor of Baroque
Baroque
The Baroque is a period and the style that used exaggerated motion and clear, easily interpreted detail to produce drama, tension, exuberance, and grandeur in sculpture, painting, literature, dance, and music...
works. He was active between 1665 and 1721. From a family of sculptors, he worked in the studio
Studio
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of Pere Serra
Pere Serra
Pere Serra was a painter in Gothic-Italian style, who was active in Catalonia in 1357-1406.He was born into a family of painters, including his brothers Jaume, Francesc and Joan. Like most of the Catalan painters of the period, he was influenced by the contemporary Italian painting, especially...
, which he entered in 1665. It is known that, with Domènec Rovira, he participated in the legal suit
Lawsuit
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that demanded that a separate guild
Guild
A guild is an association of craftsmen in a particular trade. The earliest types of guild were formed as confraternities of workers. They were organized in a manner something between a trade union, a cartel, and a secret society...
for sculptors be formed, and in 1680 Charles II of Spain
Charles II of Spain
Charles II was the last Habsburg King of Spain and the ruler of large parts of Italy, the Spanish territories in the Southern Low Countries, and Spain's overseas Empire, stretching from the Americas to the Spanish East Indies...
allowed the creation of the Cofradía de los Santos Mártires escultores, which allowed sculptors to freely receive commissions for their works and expenses.
Known works
- Altarpiece of Saint Severus (San Severo, Sant Sever). Cathedral of Barcelona.
- El Nacimiento. Principal facade of the church of Belén. 1690 BarcelonaBarcelonaBarcelona is the second largest city in Spain after Madrid, and the capital of Catalonia, with a population of 1,621,537 within its administrative limits on a land area of...
. - El Niño Jesús. Facade of la Rambla de la Iglesia de Belén. 1690 Barcelona
- La Asunción de la Virgen Polychrome. Museo Diocesano de Lérida