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Andrés Coello, Valladolid Painter and Sculptor, Dies at 90

Decades of teaching cemented his role in spreading Castilian ceramics.

Overview

  • The Valladolid-born painter, muralist and sculptor died at 90 in his hometown, ABC.es reported.
  • A public wake has opened in the city with a funeral scheduled at the Cementerio de Las Contiendas.
  • His seven-decade career spanned ceramics, bronze or stone murals, paintings, engravings, and collages on wood, fabric, paper, and aluminum.
  • He founded the Tierras del Valid ceramics workshop in 1973, where he taught hundreds of students who later opened studios in Spain and abroad.
  • He created the Fundación Andrés Coello in 2001 to safeguard his output, organizing more than 25 monographic collections that continue to tour internationally.