Luis Salvador Carmona

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Luis Salvador Carmona
Faith
Born	15 November 1708 Nava del Rey, Spain
Died	4 February 1767 Madrid, Spain
Nationality	Spanish
Known for	Sculpture
Movement	Baroque

Luis Salvador Carmona (1708, Nava del Rey – 1767, Madrid) was a Spanish Baroque sculptor who came from a family of artists.

Biography

His parents were of modest means, but when he showed artistic aptitude, they sent him to Segovia to study. This was followed by an apprenticeship in Madrid, at the workshop of the sculptor, Juan Alonso Villabrille y Ron. There, he established his style, participated in several commissions, and was able to open his own workshop in 1731. That same year, he married Custodia Fernández and they had four children. She died in 1759 and he married again; to Antonia Ros, who died barely two years later.

His first commissions as a professional involved stone work at several public buildings and sculptures for the

Although he had numerous assistants, it appears that they were closely supervised and that he provided the finishing touches to each work himself. Among those who trained with him were his son, Bruno, who accompanied several scientific expeditions as an artist, his nephews

• Sculptures for the
  Segura
• Divina Pastora (1747), Convent of Capuchins, Nava del Rey
• Christ (1756), Convent of Capuchins, Nava del Rey
• Pieta (1760),
  New Cathedral
  , Salamanca
• Crucifix,
  National Museum of Sculpture
  , Valladolid
• Flagellated Christ (1760), La Clerecía, Salamanca
• Virgin and Child, Detroit Institute of Arts

Sources

• ISBN 84-87146-26-0
• E. Lord, Luis Salvador Carmona en el Real sitio de S. Ildefonso de la Granja, Archivo Español de Arte, XXXVI, 101, 1953.
• J. J. Martín González, Escultura Barroca Castellana. Fundacion Lazaro Galdiano, 1959.
• F. J. Sánchez Cantón, Escultura y Pintura del s. XVIII, Ars Hispaniae, XVII. Madrid, 1965.

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• Commentary on his work, by María Concepción García Gaínza @ Arte Historia