Marcel Martí (1925–2010) was an
Argentine
Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
-born
sculptor of
Catalan descent.
Life and work
At the age of three, he returned with his parents to
Spain, where the family became established in
Barcelona. His father was imprisoned during the
Spanish Civil War for activities related to his membership in ''
Acció Catòlica''. Martí began to draw by the age of 17, and became interested in sculpture in 1946.
In 1948 he had his first exhibition in Barcelona. By 1953, he devoted himself almost entirely to sculpture. His works have been displayed at exhibitions and museums throughout
the Americas
The Americas, which are sometimes collectively called America, are a landmass comprising the totality of North America, North and South America. The Americas make up most of the land in Earth's Western Hemisphere and comprise the New World. ...
, as well as in Spain.
Following a figurative period, most of his work after 1958 tended to the abstract. Martí died at the age of 85 on August 11, 2010, in
Catalonia.
References
External links
Review of an installation in Barcelona
1925 births
Sculptors from Catalonia
Argentine sculptors
Argentine male artists
Male sculptors
Spanish male sculptors
Argentine people of Spanish descent
2010 deaths
Argentine emigrants to Spain
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