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    Jorge Oteiza

    Basque Spanish sculptor and painter

    In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Oteiza and the second or maternal family name is Enbil.

    Jorge Oteiza

    Born

    Jorge de Oteiza Embil


    (1908-10-21)October 21, 1908

    Orio, Gipuzkoa, Spain

    Died(2003-04-09)April 9, 2003 (aged 94)

    San Sebastián, Gipuzkoa, Spain

    Known forSculpture, architecture, and writing
    MovementEquipo 57, Gaur, Land art
    AwardsPrince of Asturias Award for the Arts

    Jorge Oteiza Enbil (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a BasqueSpanishsculptor, painter, designer and writer from the Basque Country, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art.[1][2] Oteiza was born in Orio (Gipuzkoa, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain).[2] He moved to South America in 1935, just before the Spanish Civil War, and stayed there for 14 years.[3] In 1963 he published Quosque tandem!, an ess