| Institut
Amatller d'Art Hispànic
Located
in Amatller House (Josep Puig i Cadafalch, 1898-1900),
the Institut Amatller d'Art Hispānic is devoted to promoting
cultural activities and collecting graphic and bibliographic
material for those studying art from the Hispanic territories.
It has a library with more than 25,000 volumes and a photograph
collection of around 350,000 images mainly from the following
archives: Mas, Archive of Catalan Archaeology, Gudiol,
Antoni Amatller, Almató, Barrios Pagčs, Calvet, Egry,
Santiago Marco, Jaume Mercadé, Plasencia, Pujol, Reuss
and Robert. Photographs are classified by diverse areas
such as painting, drawing, engraving, sculpture, architecture,
gold and silver work, costume, town development, portraits
of characters and customs. They also have a topographic
classification and another by subject. On Gaudí's work,
the Institut Amatller d'Art Hispānic has an important
collection of photographs of the period featuring the
architect's most emblematic works.
Passeig
de Grācia, 41
08007 Barcelona
Tel.: 34 932 160 175
Fax: 34 934 670 194
arxiu.mas@amatller.com
(by prior arrangement)
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