Ezequiel de León Domínguez

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Ezequiel de León Domínguez (born October 2, 1926 in La Orotava ; † December 22, 2008 ibid) was a Canarian sculptor and restorer .

Life

Virgen de Candelaria in the Church of Santo Domingo in La Orotava

Ezequiel de León was born on October 2, 1926 as the first of fourteen children of María del Carmen Domínguez and Ezequiel de León Valencia in the district of Villa Arriba in La Orotava on the island of Tenerife , which is mainly inhabited by craftsmen . During his school days he attended courses at the Escuela Municipal de Artes y Oficios in La Orotava. In addition to his subsequent studies at the Escuela de Bellas Artes in Santa Cruz de Tenerife , he worked as a draftsman in the office of the architect Tomás Machado y Mendez Fernández de Lugo . From 1949 he received training as a specialist in setting (painting) and gilding at the Escuela de Arte Luján Pérez in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria . After returning to Tenerife, he created various religious works in a workshop in his parents' house, such as: B. the sculpture of the Virgen de la Candelaria for the Church of Santo Domingo in La Orotava. Since the focus of his work was in La Laguna and he needed more space, he moved his workshop to Calle Nava y Grimón in downtown La Laguna. Here he was very busy with the restoration and the production of replicas to replace the works of art that were burned in 1964 in the fire of the Church of San Agustín in La Laguna. Examples of the work from this period is the sculpture of Ecce Homo (Señor de la Cañita) and the Cristo de Burgos. This work is now in the Cathedral of La Laguna. Later he settled in La Perdoma, a district of La Orotava. The Cabildo from Tenerife was the client for many of its restoration work . In order to expand the knowledge that was required for this job, the Cabildo enabled him to study at the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de Santa Isabel de Hungría in Seville from 1976 to 1978 . During his studies he took part in the restoration of the main altar of the Cathedral of Seville and the Paso procesional de la Vera Cruz. Back in La Orotava, the Cabildo de Tenerife appointed him "Director de la restauración de patrimonio insular" (head of restoration work on the island's historical heritage). Since this position was not paid and no funds were available for the tasks, it was only an honorary designation. In the following years he created a large number of religious works of art in his workshop in La Perdoma and from 1995 in the La Luz district together with two of his sons.

In La Orotava, Ezequiel de León Domínguez was also known for his work in the manufacture of the "Alfombras" (carpets of flowers or sand) for Corpus Christi . While working as a draftsman for Tomás Machado y Mendez Fernández de Lugo, he supported him in his task as designer and manager of the work on the approx. 900 m² sand carpet on the square in front of the town hall. From 1989–1992 he was responsible for this carpet himself. In addition, he was regularly involved in a section of the flower carpet of the Corpus Christi procession.

Works

Sculpture of Ecce Homo

A large part of the artist's work are reproductions in the late baroque style. They were created to replace lost or irreparable works. Due to the use of the artist's knowledge of art history and restoration, his newly created works can also be attributed to earlier stylistic epochs. He created more than 200 religious works of art that can be found in many countries today.

  • Sculpture of Candelaria in the Church of Santo Domingo in La Orotava (1953)
  • Nuestro Padre Jesús de la Sentencia in the church of the Santa Catalina de Asis monastery in La Laguna
  • Angels in the figure group El Señor del Huerto de los Olivos in the Santa Clara Monastery in La Laguna
  • Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno in the La Laguna Cathedral, in this sculpture only the hands of Ezequiel de Léon Domínguez come from.
  • Sculpture of Santísimo Cristo de Burgos (“Cristo de la Faldita”) in the La Laguna Cathedral. The original sculpture was created in 1680 by the woodcarvers Lázaro González and the painter Cristóbal Hernández taken . This work was destroyed by the fire in the Church of San Agustin in 1964.
  • Sculpture of Ecce Homo (El Señor de la cañita) in La Laguna Cathedral. The original sculpture of Señor de la Cañita is attributed to Rodríguez de la Oliva. This work was destroyed by the fire in the Church of San Agustin in 1964.
  • The figures of Dolorosa , San Juan and Magdalena in the Church of San Lázaro in La Laguna. The original sculptures were in such a condition that they could no longer be restored.
  • Reconstruction of the body and restoration of the sculpture of Candelaria in the Basilica of Candelaria (1972)
  • Cristo de la Redención in Los Realejos
  • La Piedad in the Church of San Marcos in Icod de los Vinos
  • The figure of Cristo de la Misericordia (2000), in the Nuestra Señora de los Remedios church in Buenavista del Norte
  • The figure of Cristo difunto (the deceased Christ) in the Church of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción in Los Realejos (2002)
  • The figure of Cristo de la Buena Muerte in the cemetery chapel in La Orotava
  • The figure of Cristo Resucitado (the risen Christ) in the Church of Santo Domingo in La Orotava

Honors

Santísimo Cristo de Burgos ("Cristo de la Faldita") in the cathedral in La Laguna
  • In 2007 he was awarded the title Hijo Ilustre de Tenerife (famous son of the island of Tenerife) by the Cabildo Insular de Tenerife .
  • Honorary citizen of the city of La Orotava
  • Honorary member of the Brotherhood of the True Cross of Seville (Hermandad de la Vera Cruz de Sevilla)

Web links

Commons : Ezequiel de León  - collection of images, videos and audio files
  • Manuel Hernández González: Ezequiel de León Domínguez (1926-2008). el que hacía santitos en La Perdoma, el artesano de las cosas de Dios. BienMesabe.org, April 20, 2011, accessed March 17, 2014 (Spanish).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Manuel Hernández González: Ezequiel de León Domínguez (1926-2008). el que hacía santitos en La Perdoma, el artesano de las cosas de Dios. BienMesabe.org, April 20, 2011, accessed March 17, 2014 (Spanish).
  2. ^ A. Sebastián Hernández Gutiérrez: El Jardín Artificial . 2nd Edition. Asociación de Alfombristas de la Villa de La Orotava, La Orotava 2000 (Spanish).
  3. ↑ El Cabildo postula a Ezequiel de León como Hijo Ilustre de Tenerife. eldía.es, December 22, 2007, accessed March 17, 2014 (Spanish).
personal data
SURNAME León Domínguez, Ezequiel de
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish sculptor and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH October 2, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH La Orotava
DATE OF DEATH December 22, 2008
Place of death La Orotava