Santiago de Santiago

SANTIAGO DE SANTIAGO HERNÁNDEZ (Navaescurial, Ávila, 1925-Madrid, 2023).
"The bullfighter Antonio Bienvenida".
Patinated bronze.
Signed on the right front of the base.
Measurements: 46 x 37 x 18 cm.

The sculpture in bidding is a work of the famous sculptor Santiago de Santiago, an artist recognized for his refined production of busts representing members of the Spanish Royal Family and famous personalities of the Spanish society of the 1960s.

Santiago de Santiago was a self-taught Spanish sculptor and painter, who continued his training in France, Italy and Japan. His work has been recognized with decorations and awards such as the Premio Extraordinario Princesa Sofia of the Spanish Association of Painters and Sculptors in 1971 or the Gold Medal and Brilliant S.E.K. a year later, for example. His monuments and works can be contemplated in private collections and institutions and public places such as Madrid, Alicante, Melilla, Mexico, Lepanto in Greece, Oregon in the United States, etc.