Marta Colvin

Marta Colvin Andrade (1907–1995) was a sculptor from Chillán, Chile.
Biography
Marta Colvin Andrade was the daughter of James Colvin of Irish descent and Elvira Andrade of Portuguese descent. After the 1939 Chillán earthquake, she lived in Santiago, Chile, and studied at the School of Arts. In 1943 she was appointed assistant professor from the sculpture workshop of Julio A. Vasquez and master Lorenzo Domínguez and was officially appointed Professor in 1950. In 1948 she attended the Grande Chaumiere Academie in Paris with masters Ossian Zadkine and Henry Laurens. She went on to live in France for more than thirty years. In 1965 she took part in the first Sao Paulo Biennale. She was known worldwide and awarded the National Art Prize in 1970 in recognition of her works.
She died in Santiago on 27 October 1995.
Sculpture in museum collections
Silvia, 1946, bronze, 80 x 43 x 50 cm, Santiago Museum of Contemporary Art
Danza para tu sombra, 1952, granit, 3,5 x 3 x 2,8 m, tomb of the dancer Isabel Glatzel, General Santiago Cemetery
Buste de Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, 1952, Square de l'Amérique-Latine, Paris
Homenaje a la Neurocirugía, 1953, bronze, 3 m tall, Instituto de Neurocirugía, Santiago
Eslabón, 1956, sycamore wood, 64cm de hauteur, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
Quinchamalí, 1956, wood, 1.27 x 0.55 x 0.5 m; Parque de las Esculturas Marta Colvin de Chillán
Manutara, 1957, bronze, 1,6 m, Battersea Park, London
Terra Mater, 1957, bois, 2 m; Pinacoteca de la Universidad de Concepción
Andes, 1959, bronze, 0,50 m, Palais du Quirinal, Rome
Yo sostengo tu cruz, 1960, bois, 2,3 m; Benedictine Monastery of the Santísima Trinidad de Las Condes, Santiago
Signo solar / Grand Signe, 1963, Andes stone, 2,4 x 2 x 2,2 m, Musée de la sculpture en plein air, Paris
Monumento a Laurita Lagos, 1964, Chillán stone, 3 m, Cimetiere de Chillán
Las torres del silencio, 1960-1963, stone, 3,5 x 1,25 x 0,5 m, Musée de sculpture en plein air de Middelheim
Vigías, 1968, polished wood, 2 m tall; Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes, Santiago
Le Grand Signe, 1970, bronze, 2,4 x 2 x 2,2 m, Musée de la sculpture en plein air, Paris
Mural de Osaka, 1970, stone and copper, Museum of Osaka
Puerta del Sol, 1970, red Andes stone, Museum of Pontoise
Señal del bosque / Signal en forêt, 1971, wood, 4,5 x 4 x 2 m, Forest of Sénart
El árbol de la vida, 1971, stone, Centro Cultural Gabriela Mistral, Santiago
Carrefour de l'esprit, 1972, wood, 4,5 x 4 x 2 m, College of Villepinte
Caleuche (Nef), 1975, Andes stone, 3.5 x 2 x 2 m, port of Saint-Nazaire
Victoire, 1978, stone, 4 x 3 x 2 m, Régiment Bouliac, Bordeaux
Léviathan, 1977, wood, 4.5 x 3 x 3 m, Lycée Professionnel "Professeur Clerc" in Outreau (Pas-de-Calais)
Mélusine, 1978, stone, 2,5 m, Collège de la Crèche, Niort
Rosa de los vientos, 1979, stone, 3,60 x 3 x 3 m, Faculté d'Ontologie de l'Université de Paris
Homenaje a los templarios, 1981, stone, 4 x 3,5 x 3 m, Ville Nouvelle de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines
Espíritu del agua, 1982, bronze, 3 x 2 x 1,5 m, Plaza del General de Gaulle, Marly-le-Roi
Vigía del mar, 1983, granite, 6,5 x 3 x 2 m, Fort Crozon, Brest, France
Horizonte andino, 1986, stone, 0,21 x 0,46 x 0,16 m, Museo de Artes Visuales, Santiago
Madre Tierra / Pachamama, 1986, red Andes stone, 4.18 x 1.26 x 1.04 m, Museo Parque de las Esculturas de Santiago
Himno al trabajo, 1989, polychromed wood, Cámara Chilena de la Construcción, Santiago
Señal de oriente y occidente / Signal, 1991, polychromed wood, 3.5 m, Sculpture park of Séoul
Alas al viento, stone, sculpture park, University of Talca
Monumento a Sucre'', Plaza Sucre, Ñuñoa, Santiago
References
1907 births
1995 deaths
20th-century sculptors
20th-century Chilean women artists
People from Chillán
Chilean people of Irish descent
Chilean people of Portuguese descent
Chilean sculptors
Chilean women sculptors
Chilean expatriates in France