Aurelio Rodríguez Vicente Carretero (1863–1917), best known simply as Aurelio Carretero, was a Spanish

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Biography

Born in 1863 in

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(province of Valladolid), he studied at the in

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and the

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. He spent a time in

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, where he became a renowned caricaturist. Some of his work include sculptures in public spaces such as ''Zorrilla'' (1899, Valladolid), '' Conde Ansúrez'' (1900, Valladolid), ''Andrés Torrejón'' (1908,

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) and ''Campoamor'' (1912, Navia).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Carretero, Aurelio 1863 births 1917 deaths Spanish sculptors Spanish male sculptors People from Medina de Rioseco