Jorge Oteiza

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Oteiza Apostoluak (The apostles), sculptures on the Monastery of Arantzazu, hollowed out stone, 1950
Oteiza Apostoluak (The apostles), sculptures on the Monastery of Arantzazu, hollowed out stone, 1950

Jorge Oteiza Enbil (October 21, 1908 – April 9, 2003), was a Basque sculptor, painter, designer and writer, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Basque modern art.

Oteiza was born at (Orio, Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country. In 1962 he published Quosque tandem!, an essay about the aesthetics inherent to basque soul, based on Basque prehistoric art and Basque people's anthropological roots.

He died at Donostia, Gipuzkoa, in the Basque Country.

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