Urbici Soler collection.

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Urbici Soler collection.

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Consists of materials relating to the life and career of sculptor Urbici Soler. Materials include photographs, biographical information, mylar-encapsulated newspaper clippings, handwritten notes, negatives, magazine articles, and a photocopy of a history class paper by Jesus J. Rubio titled "Urbici Soler: 1890-1953."

2.1 linear in.

University of Texas at El Paso

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SNAC Resource ID: 7393608

University of Texas at El Paso

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Soler, Urbici, 1890-1953

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Urbici Soler was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1890. He apprenticed as a sculptor when he was fourteen and in 1912, studied in Germany under sculptor Adolf Von Hildebrand. He worked in several European countries. He travelled to Latin America in 1925 and became very well known as a sculptor of autochthonous Indians (original inhabitants of the region). He visited the United States for the first time in 1931. In 1937, he was commissioned to create the statue on Mount Cristo Rey in El Paso, Texas. H...

Rubio, Jesus J.

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