Jose de creeft biography of barack
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Jose de Creeft
Eumenis Megalopoulos | Jan 26, 2024
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José de Creeft († September 11, 1982 in New York City, USA) was a Spanish-born American sculptor.
De Creeft grew up in Barcelona, where his family had moved in 1888.
Jose de creeft biography of barack
Two years later, his father died, leaving his family penniless. As a child, he earned his first money hauling sand and stones for architect Antonio Gaudí's Sagrada Família church construction site. As a ten-year-old, he made clay figurines for the feast of Santa Lucia, which he sold on the steps of Barcelona Cathedral.
Two years later, he began an apprenticeship with a sculptor who made religious art out of wood. The following year he began an apprenticeship at the bronze foundry "Masriera & Campins", where he met the sculptors Maria Benlliure and Manolo Hugo.
In 1900, de Creeft went to Madrid to gain his first experience of working with stone in the workshop of Augustin Querol Subirats.
Here there was a first exhibition of