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and painter who is perhaps best known for "Las
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and restorer. While he was still very young, the family moved to
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which is now on display in the Plaza La
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In 1981 and 1982, he created two sculptures of monumental proportions. One of them, "Gran
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and exhibited his works "Café y Frutas" (now in the
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