Ernesto Tamariz Galicia (11 January 1904 – 30 September 1988) was a 20th-century

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sculptor specialized in public monuments, religious statues and

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. His most famous work is "Altar to the Fatherland" (''Altar a la patria''), a memorial to the Mexican cadets killed during the

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Niños Héroes The ''Niños Héroes'' (Boy Heroes, or Heroic Cadets) were six Mexican military cadets who were killed in the defence of Mexico City during the Battle of Chapultepec, one of the last major battles of the Mexican–American War, on 13 September ...

''). He also sculpted the statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina and

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at the old

Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe The Basilica of Santa María de Guadalupe, officially called Insigne y Nacional Basílica de Santa María de Guadalupe (in English: Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe) is a sanctuary of the Catholic Church, dedicated to the Virgin Mary in her invo ...

, the new central altar of the

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, the tomb of

Alfonso Reyes Alfonso Reyes Ochoa (17 May 1889 in Monterrey, Nuevo León – 27 December 1959 in Mexico City) was a Mexican writer, philosopher and diplomat. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature five times and has been acclaimed as one of th ...

at the Rotunda of Illustrious People and the tomb of

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 ...

, among others.

Works

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.

List of works

# "Altar to the Fatherland" (''Altar a la patria''), a memorial to the Mexican cadets killed in the

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''). # Statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina inside the old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. # Statue of

between the old and the new the basilicas of Our Lady of Guadalupe. # A central altar sculpted in

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for the

. # The tomb of

at the Rotunda of Illustrious People. # The tomb of General

at San Fernando Cemetery in Mexico City. #

Statue of Benito Juárez (San Diego) ''Benito Juárez'' is an outdoor bronze sculpture depicting Mexican lawyer and politician Benito Juárez created by Mexican sculptor Ernesto Tamariz, installed at San Diego's Pantoja Park, in the U.S. state of California. The statue was gifted by ...

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in Mexico City.

Artwork

* Monumento a los Fundadores de Puebla, 1931-1935 * Altar a la Patria, Ciudad de México, 1948-1952 * Escultura de José María Morelos, límites de la Ciudad de México y el estado de Morelos * Escultura de Antonio Caso, Plaza del Estudiante, Ciudad de México * Esculturas de Juan Pablo II, Escultura de San Pío y arcángeles de la Basílica de Guadalupe * Viacrucis de la Catedral de Chihuahua * Relieves de la Suprema Corte de Justicia de la Nación * Monumento a Vasco de Quiroga en Quiroga, Michoacán * Escultura a Ignacio Allende en Irapuato, Guanajuato * Monumento a José de San Martín en la colonia Polanco, Ciudad de México * Escultura de Rafael Cabrera, Puebla, 1951 * Esculturas en Almoloya de Juárez, 1953 * Escultura de José María Yáñez, Guaymas, * Tumba de Manuel M. Ponce en la Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres, Ciudad de México (1954) * Altar central y esculturas en la Catedral Metropolitana de la Ciudad de México (1957) * Virgen de Guadalupe, Lourdes * Bustos de Carranza, Obregón y Calles, La Paz, Baja California Sur (1958) * Escultura de Felipe Pescador en la Estación de Buenavista, Ciudad de México * Escultura La Fama en el Toreo de Cuatro Caminos * Escultura de Alfonso Reyes en el campus de la Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León * Tumba de Ignacio Zaragoza en el Panteón de San Fernando, Ciudad de México * Tumba de Alfonso Reyes, Rotonda de las Personas Ilustres, Ciudad de México * Bustos de aviadores en el Aeropuerto Internacional de la Ciudad de México * Monumento a la Victoria del 5 de mayo, Puebla (1961) * Esculturas de María Auxiliadora y ángeles de la parroquia de Santa Julia, Ciudad de México (1961). * Esculturas de Hipócrates y Platón en el Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Ciudad de México (1962) * Escultura de Juan Diego, Cuautitlán (1962) * Relieves de la sede del Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Xalapa (1963) * Cristo de madera para la catedral de Torreón (1963) * La Marsellesa, Conjunto Habitacional Unidad Independencia, Ciudad de México (1964) * Escultura de Belisario Domínguez, Nuevo Laredo (1965)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tamariz, Ernesto Mexican sculptors Male sculptors 1904 births 1988 deaths People from Puebla Art Nouveau sculptors Art Deco sculptors 20th-century Mexican sculptors