A nephew of the sculptor and stone cutter Damià Campeny, he trained at La Llotja, the Barcelona School of Fine Arts, where he was later to become a teacher, and furthered his education in Paris.
His sculptures were in great demand for public spaces, but he also made decorative sculptures for buildings and burial vaults. The subjects he chose were usually narratives, animals and children. He was awarded a gold medal at the Vienna Universal Exhibition of 1904 and at the Athens Universal Exhibition of 1908. In 1911 he won the competition organised by Barcelona City Council to make three public fountains in the Eixample district which can still be seen today: La granota (The Frog, at the crossroads of Carrer de Còrsega and Diagonal), El noi del càntir (Child with Pitcher, Plaça d'Urquinaona) and El trinxa (The Urchin, at the crossroads of Ronda de la Universitat and Carrer de Pelai).
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