This Barcelona (1858-1931) architect is possibly one of the most prolific Modernists. In Barcelona alone he made more than thirty buildings of acknowledged merit. This was possible because Enric Sagnier had the confidence and support of the wealthiest bourgeoisie. The “Casa Garriga Nogués” (1902), “El Pinar” or “Torre Arnús” (1903), the church and convent of “Pompeii” (1907-1915), the buildings he put up for La Caixa, on the corner of the Via Laietana and Calle Jonqueres (1917), or the Tibidabo “Templo Expiatorio” (Church) (1909-1931) are some of his best known buildings.

Templo del Sagrado Corazón - Tibidabo, Barcelona

Sagnier was a militant Catholic, and in 1893 founder and member of the first board of governors of the “Cercle Artístic de Sant Lluc”, a conservative group, profoundly Catalan, defending the Christian roots of Catalonia, greatly frequented by Modernist artists and very influential in its time.

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