The Escola de la Llotja, officially the Escola d'Arts i Oficis de Barcelona, is an art and design school located in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. The school took its name from its initial location in the Llotja de Mar palace; it was moved in 1967 to its current location at 17 Ciutat de Balaguer Street. It also has a satellite location at 40 Padre Manyanet Street in the San Andreu neighborhood.
The school was founded by the Junta de Comerç de Barcelona in 1775 under the name Escola gratuïta de disseny as a training center for applied art. The school was first oriented around the printing of silk and cotton textiles, and later broadened its scope.
Some renowned figures in the world of arts and design have passed through its classrooms, such as the painters Pablo Picasso, Armando Reverón, Isidre Nonell, Joaquim Mir, Manuel Pallarés, Luis Fraile, Laurent Jiménez-Balaguer, Josep Guinovart, Modest Cuixart, Mariano Fortuny and Joan Hernández Pijuan; sculptors such as Damià Campeny, Domènec Talarn, Agapit Vallmitjana i Abarca, Joan Rebull, Frederic Marès and Jaume Plensa; architects such as Cèsar Martinell and Óscar Tusquets; illustrators such as Lola Anglada, Apeles Mestres and Mercè Llimona; furniture designer such as Joan Busquets i Jané; industrial designers such as Gabriel Teixidó; graphic designers such as Josep Artigues; theorists such as Alexandre Cirici i Pellicer and Arnau Puig, and interior designers such as Miquel García i Riera, among others.
The Llotja School of Art and Design, also known as Escola Llotja, offers a wide range of courses in various fields of art and design. The specific courses offered may vary from year to year, but here are some general categories and examples of courses that the school might offer: