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The Most Famous

SCULPTORS from Spain

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This page contains a list of the greatest Spanish Sculptors. The pantheon dataset contains 189 Sculptors, 5 of which were born in Spain. This makes Spain the birth place of the 9th most number of Sculptors behind Austria and Russia.

Top 5

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Spanish Sculptors of all time. This list of famous Spanish Sculptors is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. César Manrique (1919 - 1992)

With an HPI of 60.62, César Manrique is the most famous Spanish Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages on wikipedia.

César Manrique Cabrera (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈθesaɾ manˈrike] or [ˈsesaɾ manˈrike]) (24 April 1919 – 25 September 1992) was a Spanish artist, sculptor and nature activist from Lanzarote, known particularly for the architectural projects in which he was involved as artistic director in his island.

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2. Eduardo Chillida (1924 - 2002)

With an HPI of 60.53, Eduardo Chillida is the 2nd most famous Spanish Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 36 different languages.

Eduardo Chillida Juantegui, or Eduardo Txillida Juantegi in Basque (10 January 1924 – 19 August 2002), was a Spanish Basque sculptor notable for his monumental abstract works.

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3. Juan Martínez Montañés (1568 - 1649)

With an HPI of 51.12, Juan Martínez Montañés is the 3rd most famous Spanish Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Juan Martínez Montañés (March 16, 1568 – June 18, 1649), known as el Dios de la Madera (the God of Wood), was a Spanish sculptor, born at Alcalá la Real, in the province of Jaén. He was one of the most important figures of the Sevillian school of sculpture, and is known for developing the encarnación sculpting technique.

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4. Jorge Oteiza (1908 - 2003)

With an HPI of 50.46, Jorge Oteiza is the 4th most famous Spanish Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Jorge Oteiza Enbil (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basque Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Autonomous Community, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art. Oteiza was born in Orio (Gipuzkoa, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain). He moved to South America in 1935, just before the Spanish Civil War, and stayed there for 14 years. In 1963 he published Quosque tandem!, an essay about the aesthetics inherent to Basque soul, based on prehistoric art found in Basque regions and Basque people's anthropological roots. Three years on, he contributed to found the artistic group Gaur. He died in San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, in 2003. Following his will, a month after his death a museum dedicated to his career was opened in Alzuza, Navarre, in the place where he had lived since 1975. The Oteiza Museum is a monographic exhibition space housing the personal collection of Jorge Oteiza, which includes 1,690 sculptures, 2,000 experimental pieces from the artist's Chalk Laboratory, and an extensive collection of drawings and collages.

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5. Gregorio Fernández (1576 - 1636)

With an HPI of 48.35, Gregorio Fernández is the 5th most famous Spanish Sculptor.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Gregorio Fernández (April 1576 – 22 January 1636) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor. He belongs to the Castilian school of sculpture, following the style of other great artists like Alonso Berruguete, Juan de Juni, Pompeyo Leoni, and Juan de Arfe.

Pantheon has 5 people classified as sculptors born between 1568 and 1924. Of these 5, none of them are still alive today. The most famous deceased sculptors include César Manrique, Eduardo Chillida, and Juan Martínez Montañés.

Deceased Sculptors

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