- Jilma Madera
Infobox Person
name=Jilma Madera
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birth_date=September 18, 1915
birth_place=La Victoria, Pinar del Rio, Cuba
death_date=February 21, 2000
death_place=Havana, CubaJilma Madera (
La Victoria ,Pinar del Rio ,Cuba in September 18, 1915 - February 21, 2000 inHavana ,Cuba ) was a well-known Cuban sculptor. Her two most famous works are theChrist of Havana and the bust ofJose Marti at thePico Turquino .She studied painting and sculpture at the
Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes "San Alejandro" under the tutelage ofJuan Jose Sicre (the sculptor of theJosé Martí Memorial ).Her statue of the Christ of Havana was a commission she won in 1953 during the government ofFulgencio Batista . It was done inCarrara marble and is 60 feet tall and weighs 320 tons. It is composed of 67 pieces that were brought fromItaly , where Ms. Madera carved the statue and was blessed there byPope Pius XII . It was inaugurated on December 24, 1958, just two weeks before the fall of the government of Fulgencio Batista.Her bust of Jose Marti was done in 1953 and placed at the Pico Turquino during the centennial celebrations of Marti’s birth in 1963 by
Celia Sanchez .References
* [http://www.mujeres.cubaweb.cu/articulo.asp?a=2005&num=225&art=30 Mujeres article] ] (Spanish)
* [http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jilma_Madera Spanish Wikipedia] (Spanish)
* [http://www2.glauco.it/vitral%20/vitral60/mcult.htm Vitral magizene article] (Spanish)
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