Eduardo Barrón González

Eduardo Barrón González (2 April 1858 – 23 November 1911) was a Spanish sculptor.

Eduardo Barrón
Barrón circa 1898
Born2 April 1858 Edit this on Wikidata
Moraleja del Vino Edit this on Wikidata
Died23 November 1911 Edit this on Wikidata (aged 53)
Madrid Edit this on Wikidata
OccupationSculptor, conservator-restorer Edit this on Wikidata
Awards
  • Knight Grand Officer of the Order of Isabella the Catholic (1894) Edit this on Wikidata
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Born in Moraleja del Vino, in the province of Zamora, he frequented the Instituto Provincial (of Zamora).[1] He was granted a scholarship to study at the School of Paint, Sculpture and Engraving in Madrid in 1877.[2] He moved to Rome to continue honing his skills in 1881.[3] Following a brief interlude in Madrid, he returned to Rome for another spell in 1884,[4] before his definitive instalment in Madrid in 1889.[5]

Appointed to a post as conservator-restorer at the Prado Museum in 1895,[5] 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.[6]

He died in Madrid on 23 November 1911.[5]

Works

References
Citations
  1. Ocejo Durand 2002, p. 238.
  2. Ocejo Durand 2002, p. 239.
  3. Ocejo Durand 2002, pp. 239–240.
  4. Ocejo Durand 2002, p. 242.
  5. Belaustegui, Alejandro (23 September 2004). "´Nerón y Séneca´, de Eduardo Barrón, cumple cien años". Diario de Córdoba.
  6. "Relación general de académicos (1752–2015)" (PDF). Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. p. 69.
  7. Ocejo Durand 2002, p. 229.
  8. "El Ayuntamiento de Zamora obtiene la cesión de ""Adán después del pecado"". Cadena SER. 26 April 2019.
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