Marcel Martí (1925–2010) was an Argentine-born

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descent.

Life and work

At the age of three, he returned with his parents to

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, where the family became established in

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. His father was imprisoned during the

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for activities related to his membership in '' Acció Catòlica''. Martí began to draw by the age of 17, and became interested in sculpture in 1946. In 1948 he had his first exhibition in Barcelona. By 1953, he devoted himself almost entirely to sculpture. His works have been displayed at exhibitions and museums throughout

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, as well as in Spain. Following a figurative period, most of his work after 1958 tended to the abstract. Martí died at the age of 85 on August 11, 2010, in

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References

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Review of an installation in Barcelona

1925 births Sculptors from Catalonia Argentine sculptors Argentine male artists Male sculptors Spanish male sculptors Argentine people of Spanish descent 2010 deaths Argentine emigrants to Spain {{Spain-sculptor-stub