Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (1876 – 1932) was a Spanish

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Born in

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, he grew up in

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where his family had moved. He studied at the Livet Lyceum and returned to Spain in 1893. At

Seville Seville (; es, Sevilla, ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula ...

, he studied at the

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s of and

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. With the support of his uncle, Juan Valera, whose

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he sculpted, Coullaut Valera participated in the National Exposition of Belles Artes in 1897, and received

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. Much of the work of Coullaut Valera can be seen in public squares in cities across Spain, as well as in

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. He died in

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Federico Coullaut-Valera Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia (1912–1989) was a Spanish sculptor. The son of sculptor Lorenzo Coullaut-Valera, he was born in Madrid. He continued the work begun by his father in the Plaza de España. Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia finish ...

, his son, was also a sculptor who has designed public monuments.

Selected works

* 1913 - Monumento los Saineteros,

* 1914 - Monument of Campoamor, Madrid * 1916 - Monument of Pardo Bazán,

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* 1917 - Monument of Menéndez Pelayo, Madrid * 1918 - Monument of the

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, Plaza del Triunfo,

* 1926 - Monument of

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, Córdoba * 1928 - Monument of Juan Valera, Madrid * 1930 - Monument of

Miguel de Cervantes Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra (; 29 September 1547 (assumed) – 22 April 1616 Old Style and New Style dates, NS) was an Early Modern Spanish writer widely regarded as the greatest writer in the Spanish language and one of the world's pre-emin ...

, Madrid * 1931 - Monument of

Bruno Mauricio de Zabala Bruno Mauricio de Zabala y Gortázar (1682–1736) was a Spanish soldier and colonial administrator who served as governor of the Governorate of the Río de la Plata from 1717 to 1734 and founded the city of Montevideo, capital of present-day Uru ...

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* ''La Caridad Real'' in a Monument of

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, Retiro Gardens,

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1876 births 1932 deaths 20th-century Spanish sculptors 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male sculptors {{Spain-sculptor-stub