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Five of the pieces were donated to the city by the author in November 2008, which will join four others that left a legacy.
His disciple, Marta Balmaseda, also provides a large bronze portrait of the author.
The late sculptor Antonio Campillo will in the city of Murcia, starting next Friday, with a great sculpture park, thanks to a donation that once undertake the monumental 5-piece master, which will add another 4 sculptures Campillo bequeathed to Murcia.
To these, add one tenth piece: a splendid portrait of the sculptor in bronze, the work done and donated by his most prominent disciple, who lives in Madrid, Marta Balmaseda.
The Mayor of Murcia, Miguel Ángel Cámara, accompanied by President of the Foundation Antonio Campillo, Clemente Garcia presented this morning the draft Antonio Campillo Sculpture Park, which will be located at Avenida Principe de Asturias.
The author's generosity will allow the creation of Antonio Campillo Sculpture Park, which is located on Avenida Principe de Asturias and become a veritable outdoor museum.
The project was managed by the municipal program was Murcia.
A large steel plate engraved offer visitors a journey through each of the works, to be installed on a weathering steel and a cast concrete base.
Among the works that make up the sculpture park are typical representations of teacher Murcia Campillo on women, cast in bronze by a foundry in Madrid.
The pieces have dimensions ranging between 1.35 and 2.10 meters.
The author himself named each of his creations with names like The Locust, The Cansera, Murcia Tribute to Women, Challenging the Wind or Coscaletas.
The importance of the works that form the new Sculpture Park lies in the artistic quality of each piece selected by Antonio Campillo as examples of his sculptural.
All are listed and have been exhibited in many exhibitions in Spain and abroad.
In recent weeks there has been a comprehensive study of each sculpture for distribution by the space they occupy.
Mayor House has stressed that, from the opening of the Park, will be the Murcia who enjoy the work of the immortal sculptor, whom the city of Murcia was Favorite Son.
Miguel Angel House also added that, during the inauguration of the exhibition space, ten cultural personalities Murcia prepare a book describing each of the works.
The edition will be presented during the opening of the park, scheduled to be held during the month of October.
The mayor added during his speech that "as Murcia first, and as Mayor of Murcia, I found that the generosity of the city master knew no bounds.
Involved in dozens of charity campaigns, while their pictures graced major museums around the world, donated to Murcia important pieces, including the woman on a bicycle which won an Award Salzillo, who joined successfully Murcia urban landscape, providing new elements for the transformation of the city by its artistic heritage. "
House has stressed the "brilliant career who is Murcia's Favorite Son, a genuine sign of respect, affection and appreciation that Murcia feel about this sculptor who combined their expertise with their love for the city of Murcia."
Brief biography
Alta was born in 1926, Antonio Campos began his studies at the School of Fine Arts in Economics, where he studied Pedro Sánchez Picazo.
He was apprenticed in the workshop of sculptor Juan Gonzalez Moreno, and in these early years he developed the essential features and techniques that define his work: the drawing and the domain of the mud.
In 1943 he enrolled at the School of Arts and Crafts in Murcia.
They started with one of the subjects have given more satisfaction along in his career: modeling.
Thanks to his skill in this field, in 1966 he became professor of modeling at the School of Arts and Crafts of Cordoba.
Two years later he was awarded a grant by the Fundación Juan March and exhibited his work in this room Bike Venus, which won the National Award for the second time Salzillo.
His work was relaunched in 1970, when the Madrid City Council commissioned the sculpture of one of the sources of the Plaza of Spain.
In the 80 and 90 participated in numerous group exhibitions, among which the World Expo in Seville in 1992, which gave him the opportunity to participate in the Pavilion of the Autonomous Community of Murcia.
The assessment of all parts, as reported by the technicians, more than 600,000 euros, although the city of Murcia, to be a donation, only bear the cost of converting the site chosen and the placement of the sculptures.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Murcia
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