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| El Maestro en su juventud / The Maestro in his youth |
Miguel Miramontes Carmona nacio en
Guadalajara, Jalisco, en 1918. Tras llevar a cabo varios oficios (sastreria, plateria e imagineria) decidio dedicarse a la
escultura.
Se traslado a Mexico D.F. para estudiar dicha carrera en la Academia de San Carlos. Durante su etapa como estudiante
paso numerosas penalidades economicas.
Discipulo de escultores como Fidias Elizondo, Luis Ortiz Monasterio e Ignacio Asunsolo,
siendo unico alumno en su generacion, obtuvo en 1952 la beca que Bellas Artes otorgaba a sus mejores alumnos.
Volvio a
Guadalajara en 1958 para exponer en la Galeria Oliveti. Se le solicito entonces hacerse cargo del Taller de Escultura y otras
materias en la recien fundada Escuela de Artes Plasticas de la Universidad de Guadalajara, donde fungio como profesor por
30 a? siendo, por tanto, maestro iniciador de varios de los escultores tapatios, entre ellos, Pedro Jimenez, Tijelino, Estanislao
Contreras y Rafael Zamarripa.
Manejador de las diversas tecnicas escultoricas, es en el modelado en yeso directo donde
su habilidad y rapidez son mayores y le han permitido llevar a cabo esculturas monumentales y excelentes retratos que ha realizado
en cristal de roca, madera, bronce, granito y terracota.
Buen conocedor de la historia de Mexico, ha honrado con su obra
a gran numero de mexicanos ilustres y hecho retratos de personajes del medio politico, religioso y cultural.
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| El Maestro Miramontes trabajando en su casa / Maestro Miramontes working at his home |
Miguel Miramontes Carmona was born in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, in 1918. After carrying out several offices
(tailoring, jewelry and carving religious images ) he decided to dedicate himself to the sculpture and moved to Mexico City
to study this career in the Academy of San Carlos. During his stage as a student, he suffered numerous economic penalties. Disciple of sculptors like Fidias Elizondo, Luis Ortiz Monasterio and Ignacio
Asúnsolo, being only student in his generation, obtained in 1952 the scholarship that Beaux Arts granted its best students. He went back to Guadalajara in 1958 to show his work at the Oliveti Gallery.
It was then requested from him to become in charge of the Workshop of Sculpture and other matters in the just founded School
of Plastic Arts of the University of Guadalajara, where he was a professor for 30 years, being therefore teacher initiator
of several of the sculptors from his natal city, among them Tijelino, Estanislao Contreras and Rafael Zamarripa. Knowing the
diverse sculptoric techniques, is in the direct plaster modeling where his ability and rapidity are greater and they have
allowed to carry out monumental sculptures and excellent portraits made in crystal of rock, wood, bronze, granite and terra-cotta. Good connoisseur of the history of Mexico, has honored with his work a great
number of distinguished Mexicans and portrayed personages of the political, cultural
and religious environment.
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