Claudio Silveira Silva
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Claudio Silveira Silva (1939–2007) was a Uruguayan artist, writer and sculptor.
Life
Silva had a Brazilian father and a Uruguayan mother. He spent his early life in Montevideo, where his family had moved after his birth. He studied painting and etching at the National School of Fine Arts,[1] and earned a scholarship in Paris to the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for exhibiting his printing abilities in the city. From 1974 until his death in 2007, he took up wood sculpting in a range of ductility. He taught drawing classes and ran a plastic sculpting workshop in Durazno, Uruguay.
Notable work
Art
- San Ramón Nonato - Nuestra Señora del Luján and Santa Isabel de Cardona Church, Soriano. Made with wood and metal inlays.
- Untitled Statue of Christ - San Pedro de Durazno Church, Durazno.
Literature
- El gato: Cuento en grabado madera - with Mario Arregui, 1967
- Yunta brava - with Julio C. da Rosa, 1990
- D'Uruguai a Mataró - in collaboration with the Mataró Museum, 1999
- Nuestro campo: en dos visiones - with Raúl Iturria, 2007
References
- ^ Uruguayos contemporáneos: noticias biográficas. T4. 1965.
- This article was initially translated from the Spanish Wikipedia.
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