Graphic arts factory and workshops Henrich and CIA
Manuel Henrich Girona
Graphic arts factory and workshops Henrich and CIA (1886-1930's). Unicolor S.A. (1946-1970's). Bayer (1970's-2000's)
Graphic arts factory and workshops Henrich and CIA (1886-1930's). Unicolor S.A. (1946-1970's). Bayer (1970's-2000's)
The engineer Manuel Henrich i Girona (1852-1925) was the nephew of the banker Manuel Girona and made a career as a politician and businessman. In his political career, he was a deputy to the Cortes for the Girona district of Figueres between 1881 and 1884 and later mayor of Barcelona for a brief period between 1893 and 1894.
Trained in Madrid and abroad, back in Barcelona he first worked as a printer for Ramírez y Cía. Narciso Ramírez died in 1880 and Henrich then took over the business, acquired La Crónica de Cataluña and finally created his own graphic arts company with its first headquarters on Calle Escudellers, becoming one of the strong men of the city's business community. at the end of the 19th century.
In 1886 Henrich built a large building for his graphic art workshops on the block bounded by Pau Claris, Córcega, Lauria and Diagonal streets. The factory, designed by Domènec Balet i Nadal, had ground floor, basement and three upper floors and occupied an area of 6,000 square metres.
Henrich y Cia. Sociedad en Comandita, the name under which the company was registered in 1889, was for years the most important and active company in Spain in the field of graphic arts. It employed about 800 workers with 200 machines powered by steam engines. The chimney was visible from Diagonal next to the Carmelite church. In 1889 he was in charge of printing La Publicidad, to which he incorporated photogravure and heliography. Around 1910 the building underwent reform and expansion by the architect Juan Bautista Haga y Puig (1953-14)
Location: Còrsega/Pau Claris/Roger de Llúria (Today it no longer exists)Source: Arxiu Contemporani de Barcelona; barcelofilia
Henrich y Cia. Sociedad en Comandita, the name under which the company was registered in 1889, was for years the most important and active company in Spain in the field of graphic arts. It employed about 800 workers with 200 machines powered by steam engines. The chimney was visible from Diagonal next to the Carmelite church. In 1889 he was in charge of printing La Publicidad, to which he incorporated photogravure and heliography. Around 1910 the building underwent reform and expansion by the architect Juan Bautista Haga y Puig (1953-14)
Location: Còrsega/Pau Claris/Roger de Llúria (Today it no longer exists)Source: Arxiu Contemporani de Barcelona; barcelofilia
The main entrance
The main entrance
The main entrance on Corsega Street was flanked by two busts of Johannes Gutenberg, inventor of the modern printing press, and Aloys Senefelder, creator of lithography.
Johannes Gutenberg
The main entrance
Aloys Senefelder
Source : Book Arquitectura Moderna de Barcelona; (The images of the busts are recreated)
