{"id":6733,"date":"2021-11-11T09:54:04","date_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6733"},"modified":"2021-11-11T09:55:00","modified_gmt":"2021-11-11T08:55:00","slug":"581-lorenzo-fernandez-de-viana","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6733","title":{"rendered":"581. lorenzo fern\u00e1ndez de viana"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/FdeViana01.png\" alt=\"Lorenzo Fern\u00e1ndez de Viana, Museo de Bellas Artes, \u00c1lava\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in 1866 in Lanciego &#8212;a small town in the southern Basque region of \u00c1lava, near the border with La Rioja&#8212; <strong>Lorenzo Fern\u00e1ndez de Viana<\/strong> began his artistic career as a cabinet maker&#8230; but soon moved on to bigger &amp; better things. After obtaining grants to study in Madrid &amp; Paris, he returned to the local capital of Vitoria to open the only sculpture workshop in the city. As a result, his art decorates the new cathedral &amp; he even taught aspiring students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Viana left it all for Argentina in 1912, accompanied by his three daughters. His timing could not have been more perfect, with Argentina booming &amp; numerous cities requesting European artists to decorate the nation. Viana&#8217;s stay in America was brief, but he left behind works in Mar de Plata &amp; Buenos Aires. Gaze up to the Constituci\u00f3n train station to find representations of Agriculture &amp; Commerce&#8230; fitting since this was the gateway to the Pampas (<em>photo below<\/em>). On their return to the Basque Country in 1916, his family moved to Bilbao where Viana passed away ten years later in 1926.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/200507D02.jpg\" alt=\"Buenos Aires, Constituci\u00f3n, estaci\u00f3n de tren, train station\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the height of the pandemic, the <strong>Museum of Fine Arts<\/strong> in \u00c1lava found this blog &amp; requested to use photos from the tomb of<a href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=1258\"> Adolfo Alsina<\/a> in an upcoming exhibition. Viana was responsible for several reliefs depicting scenes from Alsina&#8217;s life. Always happy to assist, I was pleased to contribute &amp; receive a catalog. If you&#8217;re in Vitoria, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/arteederrenmuseoa.eus\/es\/web\/arteederrenmuseoa\/-\/lorenzo-fernandez-de-viana\">free exhibition<\/a> because they&#8217;ve done a wonderful job in rescuing the memory of such a great artist (runs until 20 Mar 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/FdeViana02.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenzo Fern\u00e1ndez de Viana, Museo de Bellas Artes, \u00c1lava\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/FdeViana03.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenzo Fern\u00e1ndez de Viana, Museo de Bellas Artes, \u00c1lava\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.recoletacemetery.com\/images\/FdeViana04.jpg\" alt=\"Lorenzo Fern\u00e1ndez de Viana, Museo de Bellas Artes, \u00c1lava\"\/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Born in 1866 in Lanciego &#8212;a small town in the southern Basque region of \u00c1lava, near the border with La Rioja&#8212; Lorenzo Fern\u00e1ndez de Viana&#8230;<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/?p=6733\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">581. lorenzo fern\u00e1ndez de viana<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,11],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6733","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-art-architecture","category-in-the-press","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6733"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6741,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6733\/revisions\/6741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6733"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6733"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/recoletacemetery.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6733"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}