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Elvira Medina
Born	Elvira Medina Castro (1911-07-31)31 July 1911 Serrada, Spain
Died	1998
Known for	Sculptor, portrait painter

Elvira Medina Castro (31 July 1911 – 1998) was a Spanish sculptor and painter specialist in portraits.^[1]^[2]

She was born in Serrada into a family dedicated to arts and culture. She was the daughter of the poet César de Medina Bocos and the sister of the also sculptor José Luis Medina.^[3]

Medina cultivated sculpture and painting, although the latter was his main profession. In 1956 she held his first individual exhibition in Valladolid.^[3] After making herself known to the public, she also exhibited her work in Madrid, where she established his residence since 1967.^[1] In the Spanish capital she had participated in the 1st Hispano-American Art Biennial. Precursors and Spanish masters of contemporary painting at the National Museum of Contemporary Art which lasted from the October 12, 1951 to February 28, 1952.^[4]

In 1976 she won the Preciados Gallery Prize of the San Isidro Plastic Arts Contest organized by the National Association of Painters and Sculptors, and the City Council of Madrid.^[5]

She is recognized for her portraits,^[6]^[7] highlighting those made of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente and the Marqués de Lozoya. Her portrait of Count Albert Thill is exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.^[1]

On 7 March 2008, the City Council of Valladolid named a street in the city after her.^[1]^[8]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Vela, Víctor (11 November 2018). "Un paseo por las (pocas) calles vallisoletanas dedicadas a mujeres". El Norte de Castilla (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ Blas Guerrero, Juan Ignacio de (1972). Pintores españoles contemporáneos : diccionario : desde 1881, nacimiento de Picasso (in Spanish). Madrid: Estiarte. OCLC 920274458.
^ ^a ^b Hernández, Clara (19 January 2010). "Una exposición reivindica la obra de 24 artistas condenadas al silencio". 20minutos.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ Fundación Amigos del Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía. "1.ª Bienal Hispanoamericana de Arte. Precursores y maestros de la pintura española contemporánea". www.amigosmuseoreinasofia.org (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ Asociación Española de Pintores y Escultores. "Certamen de San Isidro". apintoresyescultores.es (in Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.
^ Gavilán, Enrique (1971). Valladolid: Tierras de Pan Y Vino (in Spanish). Editora Nacional. p. 234.
^ La Estafeta literaria (in Spanish). Editora Nacional. 1978. p. 27.
^ Vela, Víctor (10 May 2016). "Solo una de cada doce calles con nombre de persona está dedicada a una mujer en Valladolid". El Norte de Castilla (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2 March 2021.

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