Lorenzo Coullaut Valera

Lorenzo Coullaut Valera (1876 – 1932) was a Spanish sculptor. Born in Marchena, he grew up in Nantes where his family had moved. He studied at the Livet Lyceum and returned to Spain in 1893. At Seville, he studied at the studios of and Agustí Querol Subirats.

With the support of his uncle, Juan Valera, whose bust he sculpted, Coullaut Valera participated in the National Exposition of Belles Artes in 1897, and received Honorable Mention. Much of the work of Coullaut Valera can be seen in public squares in cities across Spain, as well as in Latin America. He died in Madrid.

Federico Coullaut-Valera, his son, was also a sculptor who has designed public monuments. His student Luis Sanguino is also known for lavish public monuments, both in Spain and in the Americas.

Selected works 1913 - Monumento los Saineteros, Madrid 1914 - Monument of Campoamor, Madrid 1916 - Monument of Pardo Bazán, A Coruña 1917 - Monument of Menéndez Pelayo, Madrid 1918 - Monument of the Immaculate Conception, Plaza del Triunfo, Seville 1926 - Monument of Hosius of Córdoba, Córdoba 1928 - Monument of Juan Valera, Madrid 1930 - Monument of Miguel de Cervantes, Madrid 1931 - Monument of Bruno Mauricio de Zabala, Montevideo La Caridad Real in a Monument of Alfonso XII, Retiro Gardens,