Manuel Izquierdo (September 26, 1925 – July 17, 2009) was a

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and

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artist. He is best known for his abstract, organic welded-metal sculptural forms and his sturdy woodcut prints. Izquierdo was born Manuel Izquierdo Torres in Madrid, Spain, in 1925, the son of a bricklayer. He and his siblings fled Spain in 1936, spending some years in France and finally moving to the United States in 1942 through the help of the American Friends Service Committee, settling in

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. After graduating from the Museum Art School (now known as the

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) under sculptor Frederic Littman in 1951, Izquierdo taught there for the next 46 years. His work was shown throughout the northwestern United States, as well as in a collection at the

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in New York City. He received the Oregon Governor's Arts Award in 1991. He died on July 17, 2009, in Portland.

Works

* '' The Dreamer'' (1979), Portland, Oregon * ''

Silver Dawn ''Silver Dawn'' is an outdoor 1980 stainless steel sculpture by Spanish American artist Manuel Izquierdo, installed at Wallace Park in northwest Portland, Oregon, in the United States. Description and history ''Silver Dawn'' is a stainless steel ...

'' (1980), Portland, Oregon * ''Eye of Orion'' (1981), Portland, Oregon * ''

Unfolding Rhythms ''Unfolding Rhythms'' is an outdoor 1987 sculpture by Manuel Izquierdo, located in Portland, Oregon, United States. Description and history Manuel Izquierdo's ''Unfolding Rhythms'' (1987) is an abstract painted metal sculpture, installed outside ...

'' (1987), Portland, Oregon

References

entry in the Oregon Encyclopedia

"Manuel Izquierdo: An Appreciation" by D.K. Row in the ''Oregonian'' ;Works
''Marine Garden''
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''Spanish Dancer''
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Manuel Izquierdo
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Izquierdo
at Laura Russo Gallery 1925 births 2009 deaths Spanish sculptors Spanish male sculptors 20th-century American sculptors 20th-century American male artists American male sculptors {{US-sculptor-stub