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Antonio Castellanos Basich (born 5 March 1946) is a Mexican sculptor. He is probably best known for his large sculpture of

Antonio de Montesinos Antonio de Montesinos or Antonio Montesino (c. 1475 - June 27, 1540) was a Spanish Dominican friar who was a missionary on the island of Hispaniola (now comprising the Dominican Republic and Haiti). With the backing of Pedro de Córdoba and ...

delivering his sermon at the seafront of

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in the

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(1982) and the geometrical cubic forms he added to the

St. Peter's Basilica The Papal Basilica of Saint Peter in the Vatican ( it, Basilica Papale di San Pietro in Vaticano), or simply Saint Peter's Basilica ( la, Basilica Sancti Petri), is a church built in the Renaissance style located in Vatican City, the papal en ...

in the Vatican (1977).

Career

In 1963-4 he studied drawing at the Escuela Nacional de Artes Plásticas and painting and sculpture at the

Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes The Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura (INBAL, en, National Institute of Fine Arts and Literature), located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the Mexican institution in charge of coordinating artistic and cultural ...

, and was apprenticed to his stepfather sculptor Federico Canessi in the 1960s and 1970s. Castellanos and Canessi's projects included the monument at Netzahualcoyotl Dam in Malpaso,

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, the

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Monument in

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, Mexico City, the

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monument in

Ciudad Sahagún Ciudad Sahagún, officially called Fray Bernardino de Sahagún; is a town in the municipality of Tepeapulco, within the State of Hidalgo (state), Hidalgo, in Mexico. History Antecedents In the early 1950s, by order of President Miguel Alemán V ...

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(1973), and the 7-metre high Father Kino monument (1974) and the General

Ignacio Zaragoza Ignacio Zaragoza Seguín (; March 24, 1829September 8, 1862) was a Mexican general and politician. He led the Mexican army of 600 men that defeated 6,500 invading French forces, including the elite French legionnaires at the Battle of Puebla ...

equestrian monument (1976) in

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. In May 1977, Antonio Castellanos, Ricardo Cruz and Fundatier Galindo contributed the geometrical cubic forms in the

in the Vatican. Castellanos is noted for his large sculpture of

delivering his sermon facing the Caribbean sea at the seafront of

in the

. The stone and bronze statue is 15 meters tall and was donated to the Dominican people by the Mexican government and inaugurated in 1982 by the presidents of Mexico and the Dominican Republic. Castellanos is also noted for his "monumental head" of

Diego Rivera Diego María de la Concepción Juan Nepomuceno Estanislao de la Rivera y Barrientos Acosta y Rodríguez, known as Diego Rivera (; December 8, 1886 – November 24, 1957), was a prominent Mexican painter. His large frescoes helped establish the ...

at the Dolores Olmedo Museum in Mexico City In 1967 Castellanos was awarded an Award of Honor for his sculpture "Germinación" at the Biennial Museum of Modern Art in Mexico City. Antonio Espinoza stated that he "stands out for his interpretations of femininity and maternity".

References

External links

Official site
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