Urbici Soler collection, 1938-1972.

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Urbici Soler collection, 1938-1972.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/51198933

Summary: Collection consists of letters from Urbici Soler to Bettie Binkley (who became his wife in 1940). There are personal essays by Soler about sculptures and sculptors, and biographical information on him.

.5 linear ft.

Museum of New Mexico Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 7636100

Museum of New Mexico Library

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Binkley, Bettie.

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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...

Solar, Urbici, 1890-1953.

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