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A Lluís Millet

A Lluís Millet is a realistic, life-size bronze sculpture created by the Catalan artist Josep Salvadó Jassans in 1991. Installed in Barcelona, Spain, it was unveiled on 3 December 1991 before the president of the Orfeó Català and the president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Joaquim Xicoy. The work was placed beside the Palau de la Música Catalana to commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the death of the composer Lluís Millet. The location was chosen to honor his role as one of the co-founders of the Orfeó Català, which was also celebrating its 100th anniversary that year.

A Lluís Millet bronze statue holding a conductor’s baton aloft on a stone pedestal.
A Lluís Millet statue standing on a stone pedestal in front of a glass-fronted building.
July 2008 © · Public domain
A bronze statue of Lluís Millet with a mustache, wearing a suit and bow tie and raising a conductor\'s baton.
Bronze statue of Lluís Millet, shown with his baton raised.
June 2016 © · CC BY-SA 2.0
A bronze statue of A Lluís Millet in a formal suit and bow tie, with one arm raised and pointing upward.
Bronze statue of A Lluís Millet posed with his right arm raised in front of modern buildings.
March 2013 © · CC BY-SA 3.0 es
Bronze bust of A Lluís Millet with a mustache and bow tie
Close-up of the bronze sculpture A Lluís Millet.
July 2008 © · CC BY-SA 3.0
Bronze plaque on A Lluís Millet with raised lettering reading \
Close-up of the bronze plaque on A Lluís Millet, showing the sculptor credit in raised letters.
July 2008 © · Public domain

Identification

TitleA Lluís Millet
Typesculpture

Historical context

Date created1991
Date inaugurated3 December 1991

Creator

ArtistJosep Salvadó Jassans
Artist nationalityCatalan
Artist trainingdisciple of Joan Rebull

Discovery and provenance

Honored person's significanceone of the co-founders of the Orfeó Català
Honored personLluís Millet
Inaugurated beforethe president of the Orfeó Català and the president of the Parliament of Catalonia, Joaquim Xicoy
Institution anniversaryOrfeó Català was celebrating its 100th anniversary that year
Historical contextinstalled during the centenary year of the Orfeó Català
Associated institutionOrfeó Català
Purposecreated in commemoration of the fiftieth anniversary of the death of Lluís Millet

Physical characteristics

Sizelife-size

Materials

Materialbronze

Technique

Stylerealist

Appearance

Depicted personLluís Millet
Depicted actionconducting

Location and ownership

Locationnext to the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona, Spain
Site selectionchosen especially to remember Lluís Millet because he was one of the co-founders of the Orfeó Català