Juan Ramírez Mejandre

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sculptures on the choir screen of the La Seo Cathedral by Juan Ramírez Mejandre

Juan Ramírez Mejandre (March 23, 1680-July 15, 1739), was a Spanish Baroque sculptor.

Ramírez was the head of a family of artists from Aragon. He was the father of the sculptors Manuel Ramirez de Arellano and José Ramírez de Arellano, and the painter Juan Ramírez de Arellano. He first trained with the sculptor Gregorio Aragon Mesa. He was the founder of a Drawing Academy (1714-1739) in the city of Zaragoza, and by the end of the War of the Spanish Succession was considered one of the best Aragonese sculptors of the eighteenth century. Most of his works are preserved in the La Seo Cathedral.

External links and references

Ramirez Family in the Great Aragon Encyclopedia (Spanish)

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Name	Juan Ramírez Mejandre
Alternative names
Short description	Spanish sculptor
Date of birth	March 23, 1680
Place of birth	Bordalba
Date of death	July 15, 1739
Place of death	Zaragoza

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