Eduardo Barrón
Eduardo Barrón González (2 April 1858 – 23 November 1911) was a Spanish sculptor. Eduardo Barrón was born in Moraleja del Vino, in the province of Zamora, he frequented the Instituto Provincial (of Zamora). He was granted a scholarship to study at the School of Paint, Sculpture and Engraving in Madrid in 1877.
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Eduardo Barrón
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- Name
- Eduardo Barrón
- Full name
- Eduardo Barrón González.
- Born
- 1858. · Moraleja del Vino.
- Died
- 1911. · Madrid.
- Nationality
- Spain.
- Occupation
- sculptor and conservator.
- Fields
- art of sculpture.
- Education
- Real Academia de España en Roma.
- Known for
- Monument to Viriato and Zamora.
- Honours
- Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.
- Languages
- Spanish.
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Eduardo Barrón González (2 April 1858 – 23 November 1911) was a Spanish sculptor. Eduardo Barrón was born in Moraleja del Vino, in the province of Zamora, he frequented the Instituto Provincial (of Zamora). He was granted a scholarship to study at the School of Paint, Sculpture and Engraving in Madrid in 1877.
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Biography
Biography
He moved to Rome to continue honing his skills in 1881. Following a brief interlude in Madrid, he returned to Rome for another spell in 1884, before his definitive instalment in Madrid in 1889. Appointed to a post as conservator-restorer at the Prado Museum in 1895, he took office as numerary member of the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando in the Section of Sculpture on 11 December 1910, taking the seat vacated by Elías Martín y Riesco. He died in Madrid on 23 November 1911.
Eduardo Barrón studied at Real Academia de España en Roma. The recorded working language is Spanish. The field of work recorded is art of sculpture. Works named in the authority record are Monument to Viriato, Zamora. Work by Eduardo Barrón is recorded in the collections of Museo del Prado. Distinctions recorded are Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.
Museo de Zamora. Boceto en escayola para fundición en bronce, Eduardo Barrón (1904). Séneca intenta educar a su discípulo Nerón en presencia de Minerva.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Eduardo Barrón
Works
Works
• Viriato, Zamora. • Cristóbal Colón, Salamanca. • Hernán Cortés, Medellín. • Nerón y Séneca, Córdoba. • Emilio Castelar, Cádiz. • Adán después del pecado, Zamora.
Gallery
Gallery
• Illustration — Monument to Viriathus, Zamora • Illustration — Monument to Hernán Cortés, Medellín • Illustration — Monument to Columbus, Salamanca • Illustration — Tentación (sketch), Museo de Zamora • Illustration — Nero and Seneca, Museo del Prado (deposited in the Museo de Zamora) • Illustration — Monument to Emilio Castelar, Cadiz
Identity and origins
Identity and origins
His recorded language was Spanish.
Identity
Identity
Eduardo Barrón is recorded as sculptor and conservator. Recognition and collections. Barrón received Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic.
Life and career
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1858
Eduardo Barrón born at Moraleja del Vino.
1900
Monument to Viriato, Zamora is dated 1900.
1905
Monument to Emilio Castelar is dated 1905.
1911
Eduardo Barrón died at Madrid.
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Moraleja del Vino.
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Madrid.
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