Evaristo Márquez Contreras

Who was Evaristo Márquez Contreras?

Evaristo Márquez Contreras, was a Spanish sculptor.

Born in "Juan Gallego", a small village belonging to "El Madroño", province of Seville.

When he is four years old, his family moves to "Nerva", in the province of Huelva, where he attends Primary, Secondary school and Mercantile Studies, becoming a professional expert in Mining and obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree while working as a civil employee for the Local Council.

In 1974 he goes to Seville to begin his educative tasks as a Secondary School Drawing teacher.

In 1973 he obtains the First Prize of Sculpture in the Exhibition "End of Term 1972/73" granted by the State Fine Arts Office.

The next year he wins the First Price in the National Exhibition of Automn patrocinated by the "Real Academia de Bellas Artes Santa Isabel de Hungría".

Again and this time in the XXIV Exhibition of Autumn in 1975 he achieves the National Price thanks to his work "The Miner".

That same year the City Council of "Minas de Riotinto" offers him to develop a new sculptural project on the same subject.

In 1981 he obtains a new Prize for his whole sculptural work in the XXIX Exhibition of Autumn.