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Blanes, Juan Manuel,
Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte,
Portrait male -- Artigas, Jose Gervasio
Ethnic -- Uruguayan
Occupation -- Military
Occupation -- Other
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Montevideo
Sculpture
The Liberator, (sculpture).
Artist:
Blanes, Juan Manuel, 1830-1910, sculptor.
Vignali & Tommasi Fonderia d'Arte, founder.
Title:
The Liberator, (sculpture).
Other Titles:
Jose Artigas, (sculpture).
General Jose Gervasio Artigas, (sculpture).
Dates:
Original 1898. Copy cast 1949.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Sculpture: bronze; Base: granite.
Dimensions:
Sculpture: approx. H. 57 in. x W. 4 ft. 4 in.; Base: approx. 43 x 43 x 43 in.
Inscription:
J. Blanes/Fundicion - Vignali (On front of base, incised letters:) JOSE ARTIGAS/FATHER OF THE INDEPENDENCE/OF/URUGUAY/THE CITY OF MONTEVIDEO, URUGUAY/TO/THE CITY OF MONTEVIDEO, MINNESOTA signed Founder's mark appears.
Description:
General Jose Artigas stands with his brimmed hat in his proper right hand, and the hilt of his sword in his proper left hand. He wears a battle uniform from Uruguay. A blanket is draped over his proper left shoulder and he wears knee-length boots. The sculpture is mounted on a tapered rectangular base.
Subject:
Portrait male -- Artigas, Jose Gervasio -- Full length
Ethnic -- Uruguayan
Occupation -- Military -- General
Occupation -- Other -- Reformer
Object Type:
Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- Montevideo
Sculpture
Owner:
Administered by City of Montevideo, Parks Department, Montevideo, Minnesota
Located Artigas Plaza, On the mall, Montevideo, Minnesota
Remarks:
The sculpture commemorates Jose Artigas, father of Uruguay's independence from Spain. The original sculpture was cast in 1898 and stands in Uruguay. In 1949, two more casts were made, one for Montevideo, Minnesota and one for Washington, D.C. (IAS 56940002). IAS files contain conflicting information. According to the pamphlet "Montevideo, Minnesota," by the Montevideo Area Chamber of Commerce, the sculpture was presented in 1946 by the schoolchildren of Montevideo, Uruguay, as a token of their Sister-City relationship. According to Moira Harris' "Monumental Minnesota," Pogo Press, 1992, and an excerpt from an unidentified source, the sculpture was presented to the city in 1949, as part of the city's Fiesta Days. IAS files contain related correspondence from the Northern States Power Company, Montevideo, Minnesota, dated 1955.
References:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota survey, 1995.
Illustration:
Image on file.
Harris, Moira, "Monumental Minnesota," Pogo Press, 1992.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS MN000386
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Control Number
Inventory of American Sculpture
MN000386
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