The forgotten sculptor of Seville

The Monument to Martinez Montanes stands tall in Seville's Plaza del Salvador, a statue dedicated to Juan Martinez Montanes, a Jienese sculptor who settled in the city and became one of the greatest representatives of the Sevillian school of sculpture. Promoted by a group of neighbors from the San Lorenzo district in 1916, the monument's design was proposed by Antonio Castillo Lastrucci, but Agustin Sanchez Cid's project was considered more suitable in 1920.

Two possible locations for the monument were barajar, the Plaza de San Lorenzo or the Plaza de la Magdalena; but it was finally placed in the Plaza del Salvador in 1923. In 1967 it was moved to a plaza near the cathedral. Then, in 1985, it was moved back to the Plaza del Salvador, where it remains today. Made of bronze, the sculpture represents Martinez Montanes sitting, holding a gouge and a small image of an Immaculate Conception. The sculpture aims to depict the moment when Martinez Montanes created one of his most famous works, La Cieguecita.

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