Josep Llimona i Bruguera

Josep Llimona i Bruguera
Josep Llimona, 1907
Born(1864-04-08)8 April 1864
Barcelona, Catalunya, Spain
Died27 February 1934(1934-02-27) (aged 69)
EducationLlotja school, Barcelona; Studio of Agapit and Venaci Vallmitjana
Known forSculptor

Josep Llimona i Bruguera (Catalan pronunciation: [ʒuˈzɛb ʎiˈmonə]; 8 April 1864, in Barcelona – 27 February 1934) was a Spanish sculptor. His first works were academic, but after a stay in Paris, influenced by Auguste Rodin, his style drew closer to modernisme. He was very prolific, and exhibited in Catalonia, Madrid, Paris, Brussels and Buenos Aires. Some of his monumental work is familiar to Barcelona residents and visitors alke.