Ernest Niquet Pantheon
This pantheon forms part of the Montjuïc cemetery itinerary and is of significant importance due to the fact that father and son, Domènec Balet and Josep Balet, carried out this project together.
In addition, the sculpture is the work of the famous sculptor Enric Clarasó y Daudí, who also made the sculpture Memento Homo of the Vial y Solsona pantheon, winner of the Gold medal at the International Exhibition in Paris in 1900.
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Who was Ernest Niquet?
Ernest Niquet Remy (born in Dhul, Alsace, on August 18, 1869) was the son of Ernest Niquet Vaulons (born in Châlons, France, on July 12, 1840), who was a great thread-making businessman who settled in Terrassa who, together with Two other French partners founded the company Niquet i Companyia and in 1892 they inaugurated a large factory.
Ernest Niquet Remy was known for being the first owner of a car in Terrassa, he was also a great fan of fencing, equestrian competitions and polo, being a member of the first Board of the Polo Club Barcelona.
Who was the sculptor Enric Clarasó Daudi?
Enric Clarasó Daudí (Sant Feliu del Racó, 1857 - Barcelona, 1941) was a Catalan modernist sculptor whose style ranges between costumbrismo and symbolism. He frequented the circles of Rusiñol and Casas. His style has been related to that of the sculptor Josep Llimona.
His teacher was the sculptor Joan Roig i Solé, at the School of Fine Arts in Barcelona. He shared a workshop, first with the painter Carbonell Selva and later with Santiago Rusiñol, with whom he was joined by a great friendship. Together with Ramon Casas, they formed a well-known trio within Barcelona's bohemian scene at the beginning of the 20th century. They made numerous exhibitions together in the Sala Parés, also thanks to the gatherings they organized, the famous Cau Ferrat Museum in Sitges was created. His first works have a character of anecdotal realism, after spending a season in Paris, his sculpture was transformed into more sensitive forms, qualifying himself as a modernist artist.
He participated in 1892 in the National Exhibition in Madrid, in the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago (1893), in 1888 in the Universal Exhibition in Barcelona and won a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris (1900).
He made funerary sculpture, making pantheons in the cemeteries of Barcelona and Zaragoza. In 1931 he published an autobiographical book called Vivid Notes and recently the Doctor of Art History Isabel Coll Mirabent has written an extensive book about him.
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