Enrique alferez biography
Enrique Alférez, born in Zacatecas, Mexico, lived nearly the entire 20th century.!
“A thoughtful, comprehensive, and visually rich assessment of
Enrique Alférez’s life and art.”
— Josephine Reed, National Endowment for the Arts, ArtWorks podcast
Enrique Alférez: Sculptor (The Historic New Orleans Collection, 2021)
Research.
I had privileged access to Enrique Alérez’s family homes and papers in New Orleans and Morelia, Michoacán.
Enrique Alférez (–) was a Mexican artist who specialized in sculpting architectural reliefs and the human form.
- Enrique Alférez was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, but for almost seventy years, he worked in New Orleans, where he left a lasting imprint through.
- Enrique Alférez, born in Zacatecas, Mexico, lived nearly the entire 20th century.
- Enrique Alférez was a Mexican artist who specialized in sculpting architectural reliefs and the human form.
- The artist's prodigious works around the United States and the world are chronicled in a comprehensive history, “Enrique Alférez: Sculptor.”.
In 1995, I began collecting ephemera and recordings of Alférez. In 2013, I began deep research to write Alférez’s first biography. I conducted interviews with family, friends, contemporaries, and experts, and relied on archives and records from more than 45 organizations, museums, and libraries.
Write.
There are many places I enjoyed writing this book: at my desk in our attic, in my favorite gray chair, at a coffee shop one afternoon in London, in libraries.
But my all-time favorite was at the dining table in the Alférez family home in Morelia, overlooking the garden that the family cultivated with coffee, persimmon
