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Antoni
Serra i Fiter (1869-1932), ceramist and painter. According
to the historian A. Cirici, the greatest ceramist of the
Modernism. He embraced the spirit of this period, holding
numerous exhibitions in collaboration with his friends,
Nonell, R. Casas and I S. Rusiñol. In 1901 he founded
his own Workshop of stoneware and artistic porcelain,
the first in Spain dedicated solely to artistic ceramics.
The workshop was called Can Famades and was based
in Cornella, it became an active meeting place and focal
point for artists like X. Nogués, P. Gargallo,
J. Clarà, E. Casanovas, J. Llimona, who met there
to discuss their work and share ideas. Some years later,
as a teacher at l'Escola Superior dels Bells Oficis
he had as pupils his own sons and the artists, Ll. Artigas
and J. Miró who later became internationally renowned
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His
sons Josep, Antoni and Enric followed the artistic
theme of the Can Famades Workshop in Cornellà,
under the Noucentisme influence. They manufactured
pieces of glazed majolica and terracotta, and together
with their brother-in-law the sculptor R. Solanic developed
an important production of ceramic ornaments for architecture.
Josep Serra went further and integrated from the Arabian
Legacy, the technique of 'metallic glint', he studied
the science of enamels and achieved colours that were
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Jordi
Serra, third generation of the Serra family, is a
versatile artist: he started to draw when he was a child
learning the trade from his father Josep. He studied chemistry
which helped him improve the 'metallic glint' technique.
This combined with the use of silk-screen and engraving
gave a new and unique dimension to the ceramics technique.
Jordi Serra is still today leading the Serra's gallery,
he has promoted ceramic's into the international art world
with exhibitions in countries like Japan, France, Germany
and the United States.
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