Ramon Martí i Martí

Ramon Martí i Martí (20 March 1917 – 1 April 2011) was a Catalan master metalsmith.

Martí was born on 20 March 1917 in L'Espluga de Francolí to the blacksmith Enric Martí i Miquel and his wife Antònia Martí i Rosell. His father was the founder of the Cal Biel forge. In 1931, Martí entered the Escoles Professionals dels Pares Salesians de Sarrià, a trade school in Barcelona run by the Salesians. In 1951, he married Dolors Canudes i Canalda, with whom he had a daughter, Maria Lluïsa, and a son, Valentí.^[1]

Martí made many objects for Poblet Abbey, including chandeliers, candlesticks, tabernacles, braziers, crucifixes, doors, guardrails and a dragon-shaped handrail. One of his crucifixes was featured in Time in 1960.^[1] He mainly worked in wrought iron. In 1986, he was named master blacksmith of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He died on 1 April 2011 in L'Espluga. His son succeeded him at the head of Cal Biel.^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b Antoni Carreras Casanovas, "Ramon Martí i Martí, mestre forjador", Aplec de treballs 27 (2009): 9–30.
^ Ò. Palau, "Mor Ramon Martí, el reconegut mestre forjador de cal Biel", El Punt Avui, 2 April 2011.

[ACC-1] Antoni Carreras Casanovas, "Ramon Martí i Martí, mestre forjador", Aplec de treballs 27 (2009): 9–30.

[2] Ò. Palau, "Mor Ramon Martí, el reconegut mestre forjador de cal Biel", El Punt Avui, 2 April 2011.

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