Monument To Federico García Lorca (Madrid)
History and description
The idea for the monument traces back to 1984, via a petition by Miguel Narros (then director of the Teatro Español), who asked the Ayuntamiento for the erection of a statue dedicated to García Lorca, on the 50th anniversary of the first time the play Yerma was performed.
A work by Julio López Hernández , its inception took place between 1984 and 1986. It was subsequently stored for about a decade at the Cuartel del Conde-Duque, during the reform works of its intended location, the Plaza de Santa Ana.
The full body bronze statue representing the poet is looking at the Teatro Español, while holding a lark about to take off between his hands. Larks and nightingales are common motifs in his poems.
The inscription reads madrid, a federico garcía lorca ("Madrid, to Federico García Lorca").
Still a symbol of the polarized past of Spain by the turn of the 21st century, according to David Crocker "the statue, at least, is still an emblem of the contested past: each day, the Left puts a red kerchief on the neck of the statue, and someone from the Right comes later to take it off". In April 2011, during a vandal attack, the lark was removed from his hands.
References
Citations
- ^ "'Nuestra estatuas hablan' lleva ante la imagen de Lorca en la Plaza Santa Ana una representación de 'Bodas de sangre'". La Vanguardia. 4 November 2017.
- ^ "Nuestra estatuas hablan' lleva ante la imagen de Lorca en la Plaza Santa Ana una representación de 'Bodas de sangre'". Europa Press. 4 November 2017.
- ^ Chamorro, Villoslada & Fernández 2019, pp. 40–41.
- ^ Medialdea, Sara (31 March 2019). "García Lorca llega al "cole"". ABC.
- ^ Rebolledo, Beatriz F. (20 August 2015). "La huella de García Lorca en Madrid". ABC.
- ^ Curry 2012, p. 43.
- ^ Sevillano, Elena G. (20 April 2011). "Y la alondra de García Lorca voló". El País.
Bibliography
- Chamorro, Miguel; Villoslada, Javier; Fernández, Luis (2019). "Paseos por el Madrid musical. 1. Distrito de Centro" (PDF). Madrid Histórico (82): 37–42. ISSN 1885-5814.
- Curry, Richard K. (2012). "El espíritu de modernidad en Federico García Lorca: dramatismo lírico y lirismo dramático". Cartaphilus. 10. Murcia: Universidad de Murcia: 35–44. ISSN 1887-5238.