LUISA GRANERO SIERRA (Barcelona, 1924). "Maternity". Sculpture... Lot 35

LUISA GRANERO SIERRA (Barcelona, 1924). "Maternity". Sculpture in patinated bronze, on marble base. Signed on the right side. Includes 100 cm high lacquered wooden base. Measurements: 55 x 28 x 38 cm (sculpture). Luisa Granero trained in Barcelona, at the School of Fine Arts of Sant Jordi. She was a disciple and assistant to the sculptors Jaume Otero and Enric Monjo and, later, professor of sculpture at the current Faculty of Fine Arts in Barcelona, where she obtained her doctorate in 1983. She is currently a member of the Royal Academies of San Fernando in Madrid, Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville and Sant Jordi in Barcelona, and has been a member of the National Sculpture Society of New York since 1973. He has won several prizes, including the City of Barcelona, and has several public works in that city, as well as in Zaragoza and Palma de Mallorca. He has also held open-air exhibitions in various places, such as around Malcesine Castle in Italy (2004) and in Sitges (2007). In 2009 he received the Autocugat Art Prize.