Urbici Soler Collection
Collection
Identifier: AC 337
Scope and Content
Collection consists of letters from Soler to Bettie Binkley (who became his wife in 1940). There are personal essays by Soler about sculpture and sculptors, and biographical information on him.
Dates
- 1938-1972
Language of Materials
English.
Access Restrictions
None
Copy Restrictions
Duplication allowed for research purposes. User responsible for all copyright compliance.
Biographical Note
Urbici Soler was born in Catalonia, Spain in 1890. He apprenticed as a sculptor when he was fourteen and in 1912, studied in Germany under sculptor Adolf Von Hildebrand. He worked in several European countries. He travelled to Latin America in 1925 and became very well known as a sculptor of autochthonous Indians (original inhabitants of the region). He visited the United States for the first time in 1931. In 1937, he was commissioned to create the statue on Mount Cristo Rey in El Paso, Texas. He completed this in 1939. He married Bettie Binkley in 1940. He died in El Paso, Texas in 1953.
Extent
.5 Linear Feet
General
Contact Information
- Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
- The Palace of the Governors
- P.O. Box 2087
- Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-2087, U.S.A.
- Phone: (+)505.476.5090
- Fax: (+)505.476.5093
- Email: histlib@mnm.state.nm.us
- URL: www.palaceofthegovernors.org
- Title
- Guide to the Urbici Soler Collection, 1938-1972
- Status
- Edited Full Draft
- Author
- Processed by Library Staff
- Date
- ©2002
- Language of description
- Undetermined
- Script of description
- Code for undetermined script
- Language of description note
- Finding aid is in English
Revision Statements
- June 28, 2004: PUBLIC "-//Museum of New Mexico::Fray Angelico Chavez History Library//TEXT (US::NmSM::AC 337::Urbici Soler Collection)//EN" "nmsm1ac337.sgml" converted from EAD 1.0 to 2002 by v1to02.xsl (sy2003-10-15).
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Repository Details
Part of the Fray Angélico Chávez History Library Repository
Contact:
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090
historylibrary@state.nm.us
Fray Angélico Chávez History Library
New Mexico History Museum
113 Lincoln Ave
Sante Fe NM 87501 USA
(505) 476-5090
historylibrary@state.nm.us