Narcisa Freixas
Catalan sculptor, painter and composer
Died when: 67 years 7 days (804 months)Star Sign: Sagittarius
Narcisa Freixas i Cruells (13 December 1859 – 20 December 1926) was a Catalan sculptor, painter and composer.She was born in Sabadell, Barcelona, the daughter of Pere Freixas Sabater, and first studied painting and sculpture with Modest Urgell i de Torcuato Tasso.
However, she developed an interest in music and began the study of piano with Juan Bautista Pujol.She married Miquel Petit, a doctor who died soon afterward, and also lost her daughter at a young age.
After 1900 Freixas published collections of Catalan songs and nursery rhymes, and helped foster musical education for school children in Barcelona.
She died in Barcelona in 1926.
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