Claudio Silveira Silva

Claudio Silveira Silva (1939–2007) was a Uruguayan artist, writer and sculptor.

Life Silva had a Brazilian father and a Uruguayan mother. He spent his early life in Montevideo, where his family had moved after his birth. He studied painting and etching at the National School of Fine Arts, and earned a scholarship in Paris to the Ecole Supérieure des Beaux-Arts for exhibiting his printing abilities in the city. From 1974 until his death in 2007, he took up wood sculpting in a range of ductility. He taught drawing classes and ran a plastic sculpting workshop in Durazno, Uruguay.

Notable work Art San Ramón Nonato - Nuestra Señora del Luján and Santa Isabel de Cardona Church, Soriano. Made with wood and metal inlays. Untitled Statue of Christ - San Pedro de Durazno Church, Durazno.

Literature El gato: Cuento en grabado madera - with Mario Arregui, 1967 Yunta brava - with Julio C. da Rosa, 1990 D'Uruguai a Mataró - in collaboration with the Mataró Museum, 1999 Nuestro campo: en dos visiones - with Raúl Iturria, 2007