Manuel Tolsá Sarrión

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Manuel Tolsá Sarrión

Manuel Tolsá Sarrión (born May 4, 1757 in Enguera , Valencia Province , † December 25, 1816 in Las Lagunas ) was a Spanish - Mexican builder and sculptor.

Life

Tolsá studied sculpture and architecture at the Royal Academies of Fine Arts in Valencia ( Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Carlos de Valencia ) and Madrid ( Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando ).

In Spain, he was a sculptor at the Royal Chamber and Chairman of the Committee on Commerce, Currency and Mines at the Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando before being appointed director of the Real Academia de San Carlos de las Nobles Artes in Mexico City in 1790 . When he set out from Cádiz for New Spain in February 1791 , on behalf of King Charles IV he not only carried books and sculpting tools with him, but also prints of classical statues from the Vatican Museums . Upon arrival at the port of Veracruz , he married his partner María Luisa de Sanz Téllez Girón y Espinosa .

In Mexico City, he was also given the building supervision of the municipal service and sewage system as well as the management of the reforestation work in Aladema Park and around the Colosseum.

Then he turned to building and art projects. Among other things, he completed work on the Mexico City Cathedral built by Pedro de Arrieta . He was the builder of the Palacio de Minería ( Eng .: "Mining Palace " ), the old Buenavista Palace, which is now the Museo de San Carlos , and the house of the Marquis of Apartado in front of the Templo Mayor , which later became Ferdinand VII. served as a palace. The Hospicio Cabañas in Guadalajara designed by him was added to the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1997 . For Charles IV he created the equestrian monument "El Caballito" and the bust of Hernán Cortés in the Hospital de Jesús in 1803 .

In addition to other buildings and sculptures, Tolsá also designed furniture, altars and other church furnishings, and designed cast cannon barrels and horse-drawn carriages. He opened a bathhouse and installed a ceramic kiln .

He contributed to the collection of the Real Academia de San Carlos de las Nobles Artes a collection of over 300 coins and medals, as well as molds and sculptures. After he died in 1816 due to a stomach ulcer, his body was transferred to the 'Panteón' next to the Church of San Fernando after the funeral ceremony .

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SURNAME Tolsá Sarrión, Manuel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hispanic-Mexican builder and sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH May 4, 1757
PLACE OF BIRTH Enguera , Valencia Province
DATE OF DEATH December 25, 1816
Place of death Las Lagunas