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He died in
San Sebastián,
Gipuzkoa, in 2003.[2] Following his will, a month after his death a
museum dedicated to his career was opened in Alzuza,
Navarre, in the place where he had lived since 1975. The
Oteiza Museum is a monographic exhibition space housing the personal collection of Jorge Oteiza, which includes 1,690 sculptures, 2,000 experimental pieces from the artist's Chalk Laboratory, and an extensive collection of drawings and collages.[5]
Main prizes and awards
Oteiza Apostoluak (The
apostles),
sculptures on the
Monastery of
Arantzazu, hollowed out stone, 1950"Construcción vacía", ("Void Construction")
San Sebastián,
Basque country,
Spain.Oteiza posing with the apostles during their creationVariante ovoide de la desocupación de la esfera, in front of the
Bilbao City Hall
Jorge Oteiza was granted several prizes and awards throughout his life:[6]
1953 — Only Spanish sculptor selected for the international competition for the Monument to the Unknown Political Prisoner. The project is exhibited in the
Tate Gallery (London).
1954 — Spanish National Award of Architecture, for a project to do a chapel on the Road to Santiago. It was a joint project, together with architects
F. J. Sáenz de Oiza and Luis Romaní, and it was not carried out.
1970 — First Prize in the competition for the urban planning of the Plaza de Colón in
Madrid. It was a joint project, together with Angel Orbe, Mario Gaviria and Luis Arana, and it was not carried out.
1985 — Gold Medal for Fine Arts, awarded by the Spanish Ministry of Culture.
1986 — Selected for the exhibition Qu’est-ce que la sculpture moderne? 1900-1970, held in the Museum of Modern Art at the
Georges Pompidou Center in Paris.
1988 — Prince of Asturias Prize for the Arts.
1991 — Gold Medal of Navarre, awarded by the Government of Navarre.
1995 — Manuel Lekuona prize by
Eusko Ikaskuntza (Society of Basque Studies).
1996 — Pevsner Prize (Paris), in recognition of his life's work.
1996 — Honorary member of the Vascon-Navarrese Architect's Association.