Ramon Martí i Martí (20 March 1917 – 1 April 2011) was a Catalan master metalsmith.
Martí was born on 20 March 1917 in L'Espluga de Francolí to the blacksmith Enric Martí i Miquel and his wife Antònia Martí i Rosell. His father was the founder of the Cal Biel forge. In 1931, Martí entered the Escoles Professionals dels Pares Salesians de Sarrià, a trade school in Barcelona run by the Salesians. In 1951, he married Dolors Canudes i Canalda, with whom he had a daughter, Maria Lluïsa, and a son, Valentí.[1]
Martí made many objects for Poblet Abbey, including chandeliers, candlesticks, tabernacles, braziers, crucifixes, doors, guardrails and a dragon-shaped handrail. One of his crucifixes was featured in Time in 1960.[1] He mainly worked in wrought iron. In 1986, he was named master blacksmith of the Generalitat de Catalunya. He died on 1 April 2011 in L'Espluga. His son succeeded him at the head of Cal Biel.[2]
