Grupo Escultórico
Sculpture group
in tribute to the Alvarez Quintero Brothers (1932)
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The Álvarez Quintero brothers, Serafín (1871-1938) and Joaquín (1873-1944), were born in Utrera (Seville) and appeared in Madrid. They were both poets, narrators, journalists, but above all playwrights, achieving innumerable successes in the theater and no failures, forming an original and unrepeatable duo. It gained great popularity in the first half of the 20th century, even outside our borders, a theme full of linguistic richness and elegance. This contribution is due to the admission of both in the Royal Spanish Academy of Language.
The sculptural group was commissioned to
sculptor Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. His
son, Federico Coullaut, with only
nineteen years old, took over
finish the work from 1932, the year
that his father died. It was inaugurated on December 2, 1934 by the mayors of Madrid and Seville.´
In the central opening appears a young woman,
carved in marble, dressed in the
Andalusian, with a shawl that falls down
off the railing.
man on horseback, also dressed
in a campervan and holding his hat
Cordovan with his right hand,
pretending to woo the lady.
What better place to place it than El Retiro Park, the Madrid park that was so loved by
Alvarez Quintero brothers.
Grupo Escultórico
Sculpture group
in tribute to the Alvarez Quintero Brothers (1932)
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The Álvarez Quintero brothers, Serafín (1871-1938) and Joaquín (1873-1944), were born in Utrera (Seville) and appeared in Madrid. They were both poets, narrators, journalists, but above all playwrights, achieving innumerable successes in the theater and no failures, forming an original and unrepeatable duo. It gained great popularity in the first half of the 20th century, even outside our borders, a theme full of linguistic richness and elegance. This contribution is due to the admission of both in the Royal Spanish Academy of Language.
The sculptural group was commissioned to
sculptor Lorenzo Coullaut Valera. His
son, Federico Coullaut, with only
nineteen years old, took over
finish the work from 1932, the year
that his father died. It was inaugurated on December 2, 1934 by the mayors of Madrid and Seville.´
In the central opening appears a young woman,
carved in marble, dressed in the
Andalusian, with a shawl that falls down
off the railing.
man on horseback, also dressed
in a campervan and holding his hat
Cordovan with his right hand,
pretending to woo the lady.
What better place to place it than El Retiro Park, the Madrid park that was so loved by
Alvarez Quintero brothers.