Marinduqueños should truly treasure this monumental piece of art, a gift from Spain, sculpted in Mexico by Spain's foremost sculptor during his time, the award-winning Angel Tarrac.
Is it ever cleaned? Or polished for once?
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| The monumental relief in bronze of Fray Diego de Saura, launched at Boac Cathedral, 1979 with Spanish royalties gracing the occasion. Tarrac died in the same year. |
Throughout his career, Tarrac earned numerous coveted
awards. He won first prize for creating a monumental fountain in Barcelona, and
a gold medal in the Spanish National Exhibit. He erected the monument for the
French Republic in Agde, France and was awarded first prize for his stone
sculpture The Birth of Mexico, measuring 70 feet long.
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| Birth of Mexico by Tarrac, 70 ft. long, Mexico City 1963 |
Angel’s works were displayed in 29 exhibits between 1924 and
1999. In an exhibition in Barcelona in 1936 during the Spanish Civil War,
Tarrac presented a unique exhibition with 70 statues and portraits, sculpted
while the exhibition went on before the public.
He received offers to work in many other cities in France
after being set free by the French government to sculpt the Monument to the
French Republic. In 1942 he set out for Mexico.
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| Monument to the French Republic (center), Agde, France by Tarrac, 1939 |
This is where Tarrac was commissioned to do monumental work such
as the bust of the Spanish poet Jose Sagarra and the monumental relief for the
missionary Fray Diego de Saura that stands in front of the Boac Cathedral in
Marinduque. He sculpted the latter in 1978.
Tarrac died in 1979.
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| Monumental portrait of José de Sagarra, bronze, 1977, Romea Playhouse, Barcelona, Spain |
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