Ernesto Tamariz | |
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Born | Ernesto Tamariz Galicia 11 January 1904 [1] |
Died | 30 September 1988[1] | (aged 84)
Nationality | Mexican |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Memorial to the Mexican cadets killed in the Battle of Chapultepec ( Niños Héroes) |
Movement | Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Eclecticism [2] |
Ernesto Tamariz Galicia (11 January 1904 – 30 September 1988) was a 20th-century Mexican sculptor specialized in public monuments, religious statues and funerary art. [1]
His most famous work is "Altar to the Fatherland" (Altar a la patria), a memorial to the Mexican cadets killed during the Battle of Chapultepec ( Niños Héroes). He also sculpted the statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina and John Paul II at the old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, [3] the new central altar of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City, the tomb of Alfonso Reyes at the Rotunda of Illustrious People and the tomb of Ignacio Zaragoza, [2] among others.
According to María Estela Duarte, curator of Épica y gloria monumental ("Epic and monumental glory"), a posthumous exposition of Tamariz at the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum of Mexico City, the sculptor completed some 128 monuments throughout Mexico. [4]
The first papal visit took place in 1979, as a result of which a bronze statue of John Paul II was erected between the Old Basilica and the new one. The 19.6-foot-high sculpture was made by Ernesto Tamariz and unveiled in 1981 as part of the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of the apparitions.
Ernesto Tamariz | |
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Born | Ernesto Tamariz Galicia 11 January 1904 [1] |
Died | 30 September 1988[1] | (aged 84)
Nationality | Mexican |
Known for | Sculpture |
Notable work | Memorial to the Mexican cadets killed in the Battle of Chapultepec ( Niños Héroes) |
Movement | Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Eclecticism [2] |
Ernesto Tamariz Galicia (11 January 1904 – 30 September 1988) was a 20th-century Mexican sculptor specialized in public monuments, religious statues and funerary art. [1]
His most famous work is "Altar to the Fatherland" (Altar a la patria), a memorial to the Mexican cadets killed during the Battle of Chapultepec ( Niños Héroes). He also sculpted the statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina and John Paul II at the old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, [3] the new central altar of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City, the tomb of Alfonso Reyes at the Rotunda of Illustrious People and the tomb of Ignacio Zaragoza, [2] among others.
According to María Estela Duarte, curator of Épica y gloria monumental ("Epic and monumental glory"), a posthumous exposition of Tamariz at the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum of Mexico City, the sculptor completed some 128 monuments throughout Mexico. [4]
The first papal visit took place in 1979, as a result of which a bronze statue of John Paul II was erected between the Old Basilica and the new one. The 19.6-foot-high sculpture was made by Ernesto Tamariz and unveiled in 1981 as part of the celebrations for the 450th anniversary of the apparitions.