Sculpture, Apartment, Casa Lleo i Morera, Barcelona
High relief sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, 1864-1933, with hunters and hounds from a representation of the popular song, The Nurse of the Child-King, at the entrance to the main apartment in the Casa Lleo i Morera, originally built in 1864 as the Casa Rocamora by Joaquim Sitjas, and remodelled 1902-06 by Catalan Modernist architect Lluis Domenech i Montaner, 1850-1923. The project was commissioned by Francesca Morera and overseen after her death by her son Albert Lleo i Morera. This sculptural work was commissioned by Albert Lleo i Morera, in memory of a dead child. The architect employed many Modernist craftsmen on the project, with sculptures by Eusebi Arnau, furniture by Gaspar Homar, ceramics by Antoni Serra i Fiter and mosaics by Mario Maragliano and Lluis Bru. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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