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Jorge Oteiza

1908 - 2003

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Jorge Oteiza Enbil (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basque Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Country, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jorge Oteiza has received more than 56,416 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia. Jorge Oteiza is the 145th most popular sculptor (up from 150th in 2019), the 1,081st most popular biography from Spain (down from 1,066th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Spanish Sculptor.

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Among SCULPTORS

Among sculptors, Jorge Oteiza ranks 145 out of 258. Before him are George Minne, Paolo Troubetzkoy, Georg Kolbe, Rebecca Horn, Tony Cragg, and Magda Frank. After him are Tullio Lombardo, Dušan Džamonja, Salvatore Garau, Damophon, Ron Mueck, and Rudolf Belling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1908, Jorge Oteiza ranks 178. Before him are Pál Titkos, Jack Crawford, Fred MacMurray, Karl Hohmann, Héctor Trujillo, and Edward R. Murrow. After him are Vaikom Muhammad Basheer, Alfons Rebane, Štefan Čambal, Pedro Arico Suárez, Thurgood Marshall, and Boris Polevoy. Among people deceased in 2003, Jorge Oteiza ranks 159. Before him are Robert Stack, Kir Bulychev, Noel Redding, Christopher Hill, Hans Hotter, and Sadegh Khalkhali. After him are Bigode, Lewis A. Coser, Hans Hermann Groër, Augusto Monterroso, Lu'ay al-Atassi, and Selahattin Ülkümen.

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In Spain

Among people born in Spain, Jorge Oteiza ranks 1,081 out of 3,355. Before him are Josep Seguer (1923), Torcuato Fernández-Miranda (1915), Ramón Chao (1935), Juan Bautista de Toledo (1515), Francisco López de Gómara (1511), and Juan de Mariana (1536). After him are Dámaso Alonso (1898), Fernando Savater (1947), Ignacio Eizaguirre (1920), Jesús Garay (1930), Ciriaco Errasti (1904), and Francisco Herrera the Younger (1622).

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Among SCULPTORS In Spain

Among sculptors born in Spain, Jorge Oteiza ranks 3. Before him are César Manrique (1919), and Eduardo Chillida (1924). After him are Juan Martínez Montañés (1568), Gregorio Fernández (1576), and Juan Garaizabal (1971).

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