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Encyclopedia > Eduardo Chillida
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Chillida's sculpture Berlin (2000) for the Office of the Federal Chancellor in Berlin.
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Chillida's sculpture Berlin (2000) for the Office of the Federal Chancellor in Berlin.

Eduardo Chillida (Chee-YEE-dah) Juantegui (1924–2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor. Image File history File links Chillida_berlin_Bundeskanzleramt. ... Image File history File links Chillida_berlin_Bundeskanzleramt. ... 1924 (MCMXXIV) was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... For the Cusco album, see 2002 (album). ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... A sculpture is a three-dimensional, man-made object selected for special recognition as art. ...


Chillida's earliest sculptures concentrated on the human form (mostly torsos and busts); his later works tended to be more massive and more abstract, producing many monumental public works. Chillida himself tended to reject the label of "abstract", preferring instead to call himself a "realist sculptor". A bust can be one of: Bust (sculpture), a sculpture depicting a persons chest, shoulders, and head, usually supported by a stand. ...


At their best his works, although massive and monumental, suggest movement and tension. For example, the largest of his works in the United States, "De Musica" is an 81-ton steel sculpture featuring two pillars with arms that reach out but do not touch. Much of Chillida's work is inspired by his Basque upbringing, and many of his sculptures' titles are in the Basque language Euskera. A large body of his work can be seen in the Basque city, San Sebastián (Donostia). Basque is the language spoken by the Basque people, who live in northern Spain and the adjoining area of southwestern France. ... Geography > Europe > Spain > Basque Country > Guipúzcoa San Sebastián with sailboats Statue of Jesus on Urgull Mountain Donostia (in Basque) or San Sebastián (in Spanish) is the capital city of the province of Guipuscoa, in the Spanish autonomous community of Basque Country. ...


His steel sculpture "De Música III" was exhibited at the Yorkshire Sculpture Park in the UK, as part of a retrospective of Chillida's work. Categories: Stub ...


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Chillida's Peine Del Viento XVII (1990), twisted steel.
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Chillida's Peine Del Viento XVII (1990), twisted steel.
Elogio del Horizonte (Eulogy to the Horizon), concrete (1989), Gijón, Spain
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Elogio del Horizonte (Eulogy to the Horizon), concrete (1989), Gijón, Spain

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Eduardo Chillida @ Annely Juda Fine Art. (356 words)
Chillida died in August 2002 and this show of nearly 50 works spans 50 years of the artist’s creative life from 1948-1999.
Chillida is considered one of the most important sculptors of the 20th Century yet his works on paper were never a secondary art form.
Eduardo Chillida has had one-man exhibitions worldwide since 1954 and his work is widely exhibited in public spaces and museum collections.
Eduardo Chillida - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (263 words)
Eduardo Chillida (Chee-YEE-dah) Juantegui (1924–2002) was a Spanish Basque sculptor.
Chillida's earliest sculptures concentrated on the human form (mostly torsos and busts); his later works tended to be more massive and more abstract, producing many monumental public works.
Chillida himself tended to reject the label of "abstract", preferring instead to call himself a "realist sculptor".
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