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Escaler i Milà, Lambert

Vilafranca del Penedès 1874 - Barcelona 1957

357 Sculptor, decorator and playwright


Lambert Escaler working on one of his female faces, images that became characteristic of Modernisme (© ACAP)

He trained as a sculptor in the workshop of J. Campeny and exercised this profession throughout his life, although in the final period he devoted himself mainly to the theatre, a field in which he enjoyed success as a playwright.

He contributed to the popularity of some of the most characteristic images of Modernisme - extremely delicate, highly decorative figures representing a female face with long hair and sinuous movements - by using them on all sorts of objects. Where they were most successful, however, was on a sculpted vase (Jardinera, 1903; MNAC collection) and Cap de fada (Fairy Head, 1903; MNAC collection). These mass-produced articles, made of polychromed terracotta, were sold by catalogue.

His work enjoyed great success at the turn of the century, but soon became obsolete. It was then that he began to concentrate on the theatre and popular folklore, a field into which he had already made forays throughout his career, for example making the capgrossos - figures with huge heads - for many popular festivals.

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