Eduardo Pino Lozano, escultor (1911-1985). Diseño para un estudio para su biografía y planteamiento estético

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This study reconstructs the life and artistic career of Eduardo Pino Lozano (1911–1985), a sculptor from Villanueva de la Serena whose training and production were shaped by the official academicism of Francoist Spain. Showing early talent for carving and religious imagery, he received guidance from local artists that enabled him to enter the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he began a career strengthened by scholarships and study trips to Paris, Rome, and several European countries, crucial for his technical refinement. Nevertheless, his work remained firmly rooted in classicism, Purist aesthetics, and Baroque models, following the expectations of official art. After returning to Spain, he worked for Arte Granda, one of the most important religious art workshops of the period, while teaching drawing at the same academy. The article identifies two main phases in his production: an initial stage of academic natural studies and nude modelling, and a later phase focused on sacred sculpture, including the remarkable Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno (1943) in Villanueva de la Serena, a deeply Baroque devotional work. The study highlights his significance as a representative figure of 20th-century Spanish religious sculpture, closely aligned with the aesthetic guidelines promoted by Francoist cultural policy.