Nationality Mexican Died September 30, 1988 | Name Ernesto Tamariz Known for Sculpture | |
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Full Name Ernesto Tamariz Galicia Movement Art Deco, Art Nouveau, Eclecticism | ||
pica y gloria monumental ernesto tamariz 1904 1988
Ernesto Tamariz Galicia (11 January 1904 – 30 September 1988) was a 20th-century Mexican sculptor specialized in public monuments, religious statues and funerary art.
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- pica y gloria monumental ernesto tamariz 1904 1988
- Ernesto Tamariz el escultor mexicano secreto
- Works
- List of works
- References
His most famous work is "Altar to the Fatherland" (Altar a la patria), a memorial to the Mexican cadets killed during the Battle of Chapultepec (Niños Héroes). He also sculpted the statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina and John Paul II at the old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the new central altar of the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City, the tomb of Alfonso Reyes at the Rotunda of Illustrious People and the tomb of Ignacio Zaragoza, among others.
Ernesto Tamariz, el escultor mexicano secreto
Works
According to María Estela Duarte, curator of Épica y gloria monumental ("Epic and monumental glory"), a posthumous exposition of Tamariz at the Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo Museum of Mexico City, the sculptor completed some 128 monuments throughout Mexico.
List of works
- "Altar to the Fatherland" (Altar a la patria), a memorial to the Mexican cadets killed in the Battle of Chapultepec (Niños Héroes).
- Statue of St Pio of Pietrelcina inside the old Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- Statue of John Paul II between the old and the new the basilicas of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
- A central altar sculpted in onyx for the Metropolitan Cathedral of Mexico City.
- The tomb of Alfonso Reyes at the Rotunda of Illustrious People.
- The tomb of General Ignacio Zaragoza at San Fernando Cemetery in Mexico City.