Doctor Alberich Casas visiting a cholera patient

Sculptor with his brother Llucià Oslé i Sáenz de Medrano. Both taught at the Barcelona of School of Fine Arts. His public, and often joint, monumental work is based on a realistic style with an academic air. Admirers of the work of Marià Fortuny also dedicated a monument to him. The sculpture was completed in […]

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Saint George chain-mail

Josep Salvadó makes a bronze sculpture of Sant Jordi, the archetype of heroism and idealized love. He is the hero or knight who kills the dragon and saves the princess, a legacy of the Iranian Sarmatians, creators of the armed knights of medieval Europe. Roman heritage, the rise of Germanic warriors who had joined the […]

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