Statues - Hither & Thither

 

Description

The momument consists of two complementary parts. First, a stone column with a bronze portrait of Adelardo Covarsí. To the right, a set of diverse sculptures made of stone recalls a hunting scene, a preferred theme of Covarsí, where the two main personages, after returning from the 'montería' (hunt for mountain animals, als boars, bears and deer), are standing before the effigy of the artist who immortalized them in his paintings. Behind them are two monteros call collecting the pack of hunting dogs that accompanied them on their hunt.

Inscription(s)

AL PINTOR ADELARDO COVARSI YUSTAS 1883 - 1951 el excmo. ayuntamiento de badajoz inaugurado 22-6-1958

Sculptor

• Juan de Ávalos y Taborda (Mérida 1911 - Madrid 2006), Spanish sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

• Guía de Monumentos de Badajoz, Esculturas, Monumentos Commemorativos y Murales.
• El Blog de Chano, 15 Jan. 2017, Badajoz y sus Esculturas.
• Extrremadura: Caminas de cultura, Panteón de Adelardo Covarsí, en el Cementerio Viejo de Badajoz .

Tags

• Town: Badajoz
• Comunidad autónoma: Badajoz (prov.)
• Country: Spain
• Ávalos, Juan de
• Covarsí, Adelardo
• Dog
• Greyhound
• Hunter
• Painter

Locatie (N 38°52'41" - W 6°58'51") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

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