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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 Spanish sculptor, painter, designer and writer, renowned for being one of the main theorists on Spanish modern art.

Oteiza was born at Orio (Guipúzcoa), in Spain, in the current territory of the Spanish region 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 San Sebastián, Guipúzcoa, in Spain.

External links

• Museo Oteiza in Alzuza
• Biography
• Oteiza's Selected Writings at the Basque Database
• Two Basque Sculptors. Peter Selz on Oteiza and Chillida [http://www.basque.unr.edu/kcc/Selz_article.pdf