Marta Colvin
Marta Colvin Andrade was a sculptor from Chillán, Chile.
Biography
Marta Colvin Andrade was the daughter of James Colvin of Irish descent and Elvira Andrade of Portuguese descent. After the 1939 Chillán earthquake, she lived in Santiago, Chile, and studied at the School of Arts. In 1943 she was appointed assistant professor from the sculpture workshop of Julio A. Vasquez and master Lorenzo Domínguez and was officially appointed Professor in 1950. In 1948 she attended the Grande Chaumiere Academie in Paris with masters Ossian Zadkine and Henry Laurens. She went on to live in France for more than thirty years. In 1965 she took part in the first Sao Paulo Biennale. She was known worldwide and awarded the National Art Prize in 1970 in recognition of her works.
She died in Santiago on 27 October 1995.
Silvia, 1946, bronze, 80 x 43 x 50 cm, Santiago Museum of Contemporary ArtDanza para tu sombra, 1952, granit, 3,5 x 3 x 2,8 m, tomb of the dancer Isabel Glatzel, General Santiago Cemetery Buste de Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, 1952, Square de l'Amérique-Latine, ParisHomenaje a la Neurocirugía, 1953, bronze, 3 m tall, Instituto de Neurocirugía, SantiagoEslabón, 1956, sycamore wood, 64cm de hauteur, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, SantiagoQuinchamalí, 1956, wood, 1.27 x 0.55 x 0.5 m; Parque de las Esculturas Marta Colvin de ChillánManutara, 1957, bronze, 1,6 m, Battersea Park, LondonTerra Mater, 1957, bois, 2 m; Pinacoteca de la Universidad de ConcepciónAndes, 1959, bronze, 0,50 m, Palais du Quirinal, RomeYo sostengo tu cruz, 1960, bois, 2,3 m; Benedictine Monastery of the Santísima Trinidad de Las Condes, SantiagoSigno solar / Grand Signe, 1963, Andes stone, 2,4 x 2 x 2,2 m, Musée de la sculpture en plein air, ParisMonumento a Laurita Lagos, 1964, Chillán stone, 3 m, Cimetiere de ChillánLas torres del silencio, 1960-1963, stone, 3,5 x 1,25 x 0,5 m, Musée de sculpture en plein air de MiddelheimVigías, 1968, polished wood, 2 m tall; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, SantiagoLe Grand Signe, 1970, bronze, 2,4 x 2 x 2,2 m, Musée de la sculpture en plein air, ParisMural de Osaka, 1970, stone and copper, Museum of OsakaPuerta del Sol, 1970, red Andes stone, Museum of PontoiseSeñal del bosque / Signal en forêt, 1971, wood, 4,5 x 4 x 2 m, Forest of SénartEl árbol de la vida, 1971, stone, Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, SantiagoCarrefour de l'esprit, 1972, wood, 4,5 x 4 x 2 m, College of VillepinteCaleuche , 1975, Andes stone, 3.5 x 2 x 2 m, port of Saint-NazaireVictoire, 1978, stone, 4 x 3 x 2 m, Régiment Bouliac, BordeauxLéviathan, 1977, wood, 4.5 x 3 x 3 m, Lycée Professionnel "Professeur Clerc" in Outreau Mélusine, 1978, stone, 2,5 m, Collège de la Crèche, NiortRosa de los vientos, 1979, stone, 3,60 x 3 x 3 m, Faculté d'Ontologie de l'Université de ParisHomenaje a los templarios, 1981, stone, 4 x 3,5 x 3 m, Ville Nouvelle de Saint-Quentin-en-YvelinesEspíritu del agua, 1982, bronze, 3 x 2 x 1,5 m, Plaza del General de Gaulle, Marly-le-RoiVigía del mar, 1983, granite, 6,5 x 3 x 2 m, Fort Crozon, Brest, FranceHorizonte andino, 1986, stone, 0,21 x 0,46 x 0,16 m, Museo de Artes Visuales, SantiagoMadre Tierra / Pachamama, 1986, red Andes stone, 4.18 x 1.26 x 1.04 m, Museo Parque de las Esculturas de SantiagoHimno al trabajo, 1989, polychromed wood, Cámara Chilena de la Construcción, SantiagoSeñal de oriente y occidente / Signal, 1991, polychromed wood, 3.5 m, Sculpture park of SéoulAlas al viento, stone, sculpture park, University of TalcaMonumento a Sucre, Plaza Sucre, Ñuñoa, Santiago