Emilio Aladrén Perojo (Madrid, 1906–1944) was a Spanish sculptor.
Life
He was born in 1906 in Madrid, the son of a Zaragozan soldier and a Russian immigrant. In 1922 he began to attend the
Royal Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando
The Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (RABASF; ), located on the Calle de Alcalá in the centre of Madrid, currently functions as a museum and gallery. A public law corporation, it is integrated together with other Spanish royal acad ...
in Madrid, where he became a sculptor. After his graduation he participated in diverse art exhibitions and competitions, getting the third medal in the National Fine Arts Competition of 1934. He obtained the majority of his achievements during the
dictatorship of Francisco Franco
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, making various bronze busts of officials in the regime.
Aladrén is also well known for his relationship with the poet
Federico Garcia Lorca
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between 1925 and 1927. Their parting sent the poet into a depression that caused him to leave to New York for a change in atmosphere, which motivated his famous work of poetry, ''
Poet in New York''.
References
External links
* Universo Lorca
Emilio Aladrén y Lorca. Web dedicada a la vida y obra de Federico García Lorca y su vinculación con Granada.(Diputación de Granada)
20th-century Spanish sculptors
1906 births
1944 deaths
Artists from Madrid
Spanish LGBTQ artists
20th-century Spanish LGBTQ people
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