Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (1876 – 1932) was a Spanish

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. Born in

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, he grew up in

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where his family had moved. He studied at the Livet Lyceum and returned to Spain in 1893. At

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, he studied at the

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s of and Agustí Querol Subirats. With the support of his uncle, Juan Valera, whose bust he sculpted, Coullaut Valera participated in the National Exposition of Belles Artes in 1897, and received

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. Much of the work of Coullaut Valera can be seen in public squares in cities across Spain, as well as in

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. He died in

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. Federico Coullaut-Valera, his son, was also a sculptor who has designed public monuments. His student Luis Sanguino is also known for lavish public monuments, both in Spain and in the

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Selected works

* 1913 - Monumento los Saineteros,

* 1914 - Monument of Campoamor, Madrid * 1916 - Monument of Pardo Bazán,

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* 1917 - Monument of Menéndez Pelayo, Madrid * 1918 - Monument of the

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, Plaza del Triunfo,

* 1926 - Monument of Hosius of Córdoba, Córdoba * 1928 - Monument of Juan Valera, Madrid * 1930 - Monument of

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, Madrid * 1931 - Monument of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala,

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* ''La Caridad Real'' in a Monument of

Alfonso XII Alfonso XII (Alfonso Francisco de Asís Fernando Pío Juan María de la Concepción Gregorio Pelayo de Borbón y Borbón; 28 November 185725 November 1885), also known as ''El Pacificador'' (Spanish: the Peacemaker), was King of Spain from 29 D ...

, Retiro Gardens,

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1876 births 1932 deaths 20th-century Spanish sculptors 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male sculptors {{Spain-sculptor-stub