Xavier Corberó i Olivella (13 June 1935 – 24 April 2017) was a prominent Catalan artist, best known for monumental public sculpture and his palatial house complex in Esplugues de Llobregat near Barcelona.

[6] It was also an industrial and commercial business that sold bronze doors, chandeliers, fountains, and other decorative items, with a showroom in downtown Barcelona at Rambla de Catalunya 105, in a building designed by Arnau Calvet i Peyronill [ca], and a workshop nearby at Carrer Aribau 103.

Corberó's mother Montserrat, born Olivella i Vidal, passed away in 1936 while giving birth to his younger brother, who in turn died from smallpox a few years later.

[12] There he spent time with such prominent artists as Marcel Duchamp, Max Ernst and Man Ray, before moving back to Barcelona in the mid-1960s.

[13] In the ensuing years he immersed himself further in the artistic community of Barcelona and Cadaqués, developing a close friendship with Salvador Dalí (whom he described as his "first patron"[3]) as well as with Jorge Castillo, Robert Llimós [ca], Josep Llorens i Artigas, Roberto Matta, Joan Miró, Elsa Peretti, Joan Ponç, and Josep Lluís Sert among others.

[9] From the mid-1970s he again spent extended periods in New York, where his circle included Claes Oldenburg, Richard Serra, Donald Sultan, Bryan Hunt, Beverly Pepper, Vincent Desiderio, Kenneth Frampton, and Robert Hughes.

[31] While sculpture was Corberó's dominant medium, together with architecture for his house, he also produced whimsical drawings,[32] abstract paintings, and poems in Catalan.

[33] Following the return of democracy in Spain and the corresponding blossoming of cultural activity in Barcelona, culminating in the 1992 Summer Olympics, and jointly with New York art dealer Joseph A. Helman, Corberó successfully encouraged his prominent artist friends to donate monumental sculptures as a participation to the city's renewal, at almost no cost to the city other than that of the sculptures' materials.

[12] In 1968, Corberó started acquiring land, including a former potato farm, bordering Montserrat Street [ca] in the Barcelona suburb of Esplugues de Llobregat, not far from where his parents lived.

[39] Corberó's visually striking house has been featured as background stage in multiple occasions, including Woody Allen's film Vicky Cristina Barcelona in 2008[6] and The New Yorker's "Goings on About Town" section in 2020.