Jorge Oteiza

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Jorge Oteiza was a pioneering Spanish Basque sculptor and theorist known for his influential abstract and minimalist works that deeply shaped 20th-century Spanish art.

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Jorge Oteiza canonical 2
Jorge Oteiza Enbil 1
Jorge de Oteiza 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Basque artist
artist
person
sculptor
theorist
awardReceived Gran Premio de Escultura de la Bienal de São Paulo
Premio Príncipe de Asturias de las Artes
countryOfCitizenship Spain
dateOfBirth 1908-10-21
dateOfDeath 2003-04-09
ethnicGroup Basque
familyName Oteiza
fieldOfWork aesthetic theory
public art
sculpture
fullName Jorge Oteiza Enbil
linked to: Jorge Oteiza
genre abstract sculpture
minimalist sculpture
givenName Jorge
hasMuseumDedicatedTo Museo Oteiza
influenced 20th-century Spanish sculpture
Basque contemporary art
Eduardo Chillida
knownFor influential theoretical writings on Basque art and identity
minimalist sculptural language
pioneering abstract sculpture in Spain
languageOfWorkOrName Basque
Spanish
movement abstract art
minimalism
linked to: Minimalism

modernism
nationality Spanish
notableIdea spatial experimentation in sculpture
theory of the emptying of form
notableWork Caja metafísica (Metaphysical Box) series
Construcción vacía (Empty Construction)
Desocupación de la esfera (Emptying of the Sphere)
Homenaje a Mallarmé
Propósito experimental (Experimental Purpose)
Quosque tandem...! Ensayo de interpretación estética del alma vasca
occupation art theorist
sculptor
writer
participantIn São Paulo Art Biennial
placeOfBirth Orio, Gipuzkoa, Spain
placeOfDeath San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain
residence Alzuza, Navarre, Spain
workLocation Basque Country
Madrid

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Jorge Oteiza fullName Jorge Oteiza Enbil
linked to: Jorge Oteiza
André Lhote influenced Jorge de Oteiza
linked to: Jorge Oteiza