Sixth edition 2021

Humanities Library

Bonaventura Bassegoda i Hugas  (Barcelona, 1954)

Professor of Art History at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) from 1978 until his retirement in 2024, he became a full professor in 1998. Throughout his career, he held several prominent positions, including Director of the Cabinet of Drawings and Prints at the Museu Nacional d’Art de Catalunya (1991-1993), Head of the Department of Art at the UAB (1994-1998), and member of the board of the Spanish Committee of Art History (1994-2004). He also worked as an Art Manager at the General Subdirectorate of Research Projects of the Ministry of Education and Science (2004-2007), and as Vice-Rector for Social and Cultural Transfer at the UAB (2008-2012).

Since 2012, he has been a full member of the Reial Acadèmia Catalana de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi and, since 2017, of the Historical-Archaeological Section of the Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Bassegoda is also the director of the Digital Library of Hispanic Art History (BDHAH), a project launched in 2008 in collaboration with the Humanities Library, which specialises in artistic literature from the 19th and early 20th centuries. The BDHAH compiles digitised documents from the UAB and other institutions, including books, journals, exhibition catalogues, and monographs on artists and architectural works, making it an essential resource for the study of Hispanic art.