Juan Esnard Heydrich (Matanzas 1917 – 1998) was a Cuban sculptor. His career took off in the 1970s with the new regime of

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, who commissioned several monuments on the revolution and personalities of Cuban history. He studied at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro", 1935 – 1940, and founded with

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and José Felipe Nuñez the Provincial School of Fine Arts in Matanzas. He is second cousin of Swiss-Cuban painter Garbade and grandson of

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, sculptor and founder of the aqueduct of

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Works

He was a successful

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, and his participation with the Juventudes Socialistas (Socialist Youth Organization) let him to be the commissioned the bust of Lieutenant General of the Liberation Army Antonio Maceo in the late 1950s. There were many technical problems, and Juan Esnard took advantage of his trip as a representative of Cuba in the Third World Congress of Youth and Students to

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1951, to fuse the sculpture in

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. His ambition to dramatize political arguments is documented in his monument ''Nuestros muertos alcanzando los brazos''. at the Museum-Memorial of Las Tunas. A human body is seen raising its clenched fist in a gesture of pain and force. It was a tribute for the 31st Anniversary of the Crime of Barbados. In this line of sculpting commemorative monuments, he made the sculptural ensemble in the Garden of the Vocational School of Exact Sciences Carlos Marx. Matanzas.

Exhibitions

* Galería de Matanzas, Cuba,1951 * Museo Nacional de Cuba, Habana, 1970 * UNEAC, Habana, 1975 *

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, 1976 *

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, Cali, Colombia, 1976 * Salón Nacional de Artes Plásticas, Havanna, 1979 * Museo Nacional, ''La Escultura en la Revolución,''Habana, 1983

Awards

* Premio Nacional de Escultura, UNEAC 78 * Secundo premio de Escultura, Salon de Arte, Havanna * Distinción de la Cultura Cubana * Distinción Raúl Gómez García.

Monuments

* Monument ''José Martí'', Auras, 1942 * Monument ''Las madres'', 1954 * Monument ''José Martí'', Matanzas * Monument ''Nuestros muertos alzando los brazos'' in the gardens of the Matanzas

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Esnard Heydrich, Juan Cuban sculptors People from Matanzas Province Cuban contemporary artists 1917 births 1998 deaths Academia Nacional de Bellas Artes San Alejandro alumni