Eduardo Barrón González Explained

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

Born in Moraleja del Vino, in the province of Zamora, he frequented the Instituto Provincial (of Zamora). He was granted a scholarship to study at the School of Paint, Sculpture and Engraving in Madrid in 1877. He moved to Rome to continue honing his skills in 1881. Following a brief interlude in Madrid, he returned to Rome for another spell in 1884, before his definitive instalment in Madrid in 1889.

Appointed to a post as conservator-restorer at the Prado Museum in 1895,^[1] 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 .^[2]

He died in Madrid on 23 November 1911.

Works

• Viriato, Zamora.
• Cristóbal Colón, Salamanca.
• Hernán Cortés, Medellín.
• Nerón y Séneca, Córdoba.
• Castelar, Cádiz.
• Adán después del pecado, Zamora.^[3]

References

Citations

Bibliography

• Estudio del grupo escultórico de Viriato de Eduardo Barrón González en Zamora. Nel. Ocejo Durand. Studia Zamorensia. 0214-736X. 6. 2002. 229–254. Zamora. Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia. Dialnet.

Notes and References

1. Web site: ´Nerón y Séneca´, de Eduardo Barrón, cumple cien años. Diario de Córdoba. Alejandro. Belaustegui. 23 September 2004.
2. Web site: Relación general de académicos (1752–2015). Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. 69.
3. Web site: El Ayuntamiento de Zamora obtiene la cesión de ""Adán después del pecado". Cadena SER. 26 April 2019.