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Jesús Bautista Moroles (September 22, 1950 – June 15, 2015) was an American sculptor, known for his monumental abstract granite works. He lived and worked in Rockport, Texas, where his studio and workshop were based, and where all of his work was prepared and finished before being shipped out for installation. In 2008, he was awarded the National Medal of Arts. ==Career== Moroles was born in Corpus Christi, Texas. He earned an associate degree from El Centro College in Dallas, Texas in 1975, and a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of North Texas in 1978. Also in 1978, he was an apprentice to sculptor Luis Jiménez.〔("Jesús Moroles," ) ''Texas Medal of the Arts Awards'', Accessed June 18, 2015.〕 After studying for a year in Italy in 1980, he returned to Texas and began producing his trademark large-scale granite sculptures.〔Pugh, Clifford. ("Jesús Moroles, creator of beloved Houston granite sculpture, is killed in auto accident," ) ''CultureMap:Houston'', June 16, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2016.〕 Jesús also served for 4 years in the United States Air Force. One of his first commissions was "Floating Mesa Fountain" for the Albuquerque Museum.〔Roberts, Kathaleen. ("Sculptor Jesus Moroles killed in Texas car accident," ) ''Albuquerque Journal'', June 19, 2015. Accessed June 19, 2015.〕 In 1987, he created one of his best-known pieces, "Lapstrake," for CBS Plaza in New York City.〔 His largest work is the Houston Police Officer's Memorial, which was installed in 1990 in Houston, Texas.〔 In 1995, he created three rose-colored granite works for the entrance to the Edwin A. Ulrich Museum in Wichita, Kansas, which are entitled Granite Landscape, Granite Weaving, and Fountain Wall.〔("Fountain Wall," ) ''Wichita State University'', page last modified on September 16, 2011. Accessed June 18, 2015.〕 In 1997, he created the public art piece "The Fallen Friend" for the New Mexico Veterans Memorial Park, which consists of 84 Portland cement pylons.〔〔("The Fallen Friend, (sculpture)," ) ''Smithsonian Institution'', Accessed June 19, 2015.〕 In 2005, he installed the work Gateway Stele at Lubben Plaza in Dallas, Texas.〔Granberry, Michael. ("Renowned Texas sculptor Jesús Moroles dies in car wreck," ) ''Dallas Morning News'', June 16, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2015.〕 His works are displayed in numerous museums in the United States and other countries, including the personal White House Collection, the Albuquerque Museum of Art and History, the New Mexico Museum of Art, the Dallas Museum of Art, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Smithsonian Institution.〔 In June 2015, Moroles's work Spirit Inner Columns was installed in the Hall Arts complex in Dallas.〔Weeks, Jerome. ("Renowned Texas Sculptor Jesus Moroles Dies In Car Accident" ), ''ArtSeek'', June 16, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2015.〕 The work consists of four 15-foot, 10,000 pound granite columns.〔 On June 15, 2015 Moroles was killed in a car accident on I-35 near Jarrell, TX.〔("Artist Moroles dies in accident," ) ''The Rockport Pilot'', June 16, 2015. Accessed June 16, 2015.〕 At the time of his death, he was leading a student internship program at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, where he had been artist-in-residence and primary designer for the university's Coming Together Park.〔("USAO Mourns the Loss of Jesús Moroles," ) ''University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma'', June 16, 2015. Accessed June 18, 2015.〕 Moroles's studio in Rockport will work with USAO to finish the park, and the university is planning an event honoring Moroles for September 2015.〔Arnold, Kelly. ("USAO campus park project continues to come together despite artist's death," ) ''The Oklahoman'', June 30, 2015. Accessed July 1, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesús Moroles」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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