Federico Coullaut-Valera Mendigutia
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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 finished the monument in this square between 1956 and 1957.
A statue of Charles III of Spain by Coullaut-Valera stands in Olvera Street, Los Angeles. It was presented in 1976 and dedicated by Juan Carlos I of Spain and Sofia of Spain in 1987. Charles had ordered the founding of the town that became Los Angeles.[1] Archived 2022-09-04 at the Wayback Machine
Coullaut-Valera was Luis Sanguino's teacher. Sanguino had asked sculptor Mariano Benlliure to be his teacher, but Benlliure thought that his advancing age would make him a bad choice, and instead recommended that Sanguino seek out Coullaut-Valera.[1][2]
Works
- Victoria Alada, Edificio Metrópolis, Madrid (1977)[3]
References
- ^ "Luis Antonio Sanguino de Pascual – Alerta Digital". www.alertadigital.com (in Spanish). Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Castillo de Sanguino - Luis Sanguino". web.archive.org (in Spanish). 24 August 2014. Archived from the original on 24 August 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ Montoliú, Pedro (16 June 2014). "Edificio Metrópolis: Una de las imágenes icono de Madrid". Madridiario.
External links
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