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Enrique Alferez BIOGRAPHY
1901 El Paso, Texas - 1999. Known for: Figure-genre, illustrator, sculptor.
Born in El Paso, Texas, Enrique Alferez has spent most of his professional career in either El Paso or New Orleans, Louisiana, although he also spent time in Mexico where he was a map maker in Poncho... Read full biography
Born in El Paso, Texas, Enrique Alferez has spent most of his professional career in either El Paso or New Orleans, Louisiana, although he also spent time in Mexico where he was a map maker in Poncho Villa's revolutionary army. His father was a Mexican sculptor from Zacatecas, and he inherited his... Read full biography
Born in El Paso, Texas, Enrique Alferez has spent most of his professional career in either El Paso or New Orleans, Louisiana, although he also spent time in Mexico where he was a map maker in Poncho Villa's revolutionary army. His father was a Mexican sculptor from Zacatecas, and he inherited his father's interest and talent in sculpture. In 1943, he completed a sculpture titled "Molly Marine", the first monument in the United States of a woman in service uniform. The original is on the corner... Read full biography
Born in El Paso, Texas, Enrique Alferez has spent most of his professional career in either El Paso or New Orleans, Louisiana, although he also spent time in Mexico where he was a map maker in Poncho Villa's revolutionary army. His father was a Mexican sculptor from Zacatecas, and he inherited his father's interest and talent in sculpture. In 1943, he completed a sculpture titled "Molly Marine", the first monument in the United States of a woman in service uniform. The original is on the corner of Elk and Canal streets in New Orleans and other sites for copies of the sculpture are Quantico and Parris Island. Because of wartime restrictions on bronze, Alferez sculpted his original statue with granite and marble chips. He attended El Paso... Read full biography
Born in El Paso, Texas, Enrique Alferez has spent most of his professional career in either El Paso or New Orleans, Louisiana, although he also spent time in Mexico where he was a map maker in Poncho Villa's revolutionary army. His father was a Mexican sculptor from Zacatecas, and he inherited his father's interest and talent in sculpture. In 1943, he completed a sculpture titled "Molly Marine", the first monument in the United States of a woman in service uniform. The original is on the corner of Elk and Canal streets in New Orleans and other sites for copies of the sculpture are Quantico and Parris Island. Because of wartime restrictions on bronze, Alferez sculpted his original statue with granite and marble chips. He attended El Paso High School and also worked in the gallery of El Paso artist Harry Wagoner, doing framing and odd jobs while training himself in sculpting... Read full biography
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Born in El Paso, Texas, Enrique Alferez has spent most of his professional career in either El Paso or New Orleans, Louisiana, although he also spent time in Mexico where he was a map maker in Poncho Villa's revolutionary army. His father was a Mexican sculptor from Zacatecas, and he inherited his father's interest and talent in sculpture.
In 1943, he completed a sculpture titled "Molly Marine", the first monument in the United States of a woman in service uniform. The original is on the corner of Elk and Canal streets in New Orleans and other sites for copies of the sculpture are Quantico and Parris Island. Because of wartime restrictions on bronze, Alferez sculpted his original statue with granite and marble chips.
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