Fructuoso Orduna y Lafuente (1893–1973) was a Spanish artist. He was born in Roncal, Navarre, on January 23, 1893 and died in Madrid on August 28, 1973. He was renowned as a sculptor of "urban sculpture" and won several awards for his outstanding work.
Career While he lived in Pamplona he obtained the assistance Floral of the Provincial Council moving to Madrid to perfect his skills with the sculptor, Mariano Benlliure. Between 1917 and 1922 he strengthened his training in Rome, sponsored by a grant from the same council. In 1962 he was named Fellow of Fine Arts in Madrid where he resided permanently. Years later he became the beloved Son of Roncal.
Sculptures Monument to Pedro Navarro, Count of Oliveto, 1928, Garde, Navarre Monument to General José Sanjurjo, 1929, Navas de Tolosa Street, Pamplona Monument to José María Méndez Vigo, 1929, Paseo de Invierno, Tudela, Navarre (placa) Gable of the Provincial Council, 1932, façade of the Foral Provincial Council Palace, Pamplona Monument to Juan Huarte de San Juan, 1933, la Baja Navarra Avenue, Pamplona (placa) Monument to Valentín Gayarre, 1938, next to the local cemetery, Rocal, Navarre Monument to Julián Gayarre, 1950, La Taconera gardens, Pamplona Huesca, 1950. Image of Our Lord Jesus of Nazareth, for the Huesca Brotherhood of Veterans and former prisoners of Our Lord Jesus of Nazareth. "Navarra", 1951, façade of the Foral Provincial Council Palace, Pamplona "Reyes de Navarra", 1952, façade of the Foral Provincial Council Palace, Pamplona Monument to Julián Gayarre, 1953, Roncal, Navarre Huesca, 1955. Image of the Immaculate Conception, for the Excmo. Huesca City Council. Monument to César Borgia, 1965, Viana, Navarre Monument to San Francisco Javier, 1967, Javier, Navarre Monument to the Duke of Ahumada, 1969, Galicia Avenue, Pamplona Monument to Alfonso XIII, s/f, University City, Madrid Commemorative Plaque of Julián Gayarre, 1923, Casa Natal, Gayarre Museum, Roncal, Navarre Sepulchre of Hilarión Eslava, 1929, Burlada cemetery, Burlada, Navarre
Distinctions Third Place Medal in the National Fine Arts Exposition (1920) First Place Medal in the National Fine Arts Exposition with the work "Post nubila Phoebus" (1922) Elected Fellow of the Royal Fine Arts (1963)
External links Biography of Fructuoso Orduna D. Fructuoso Orduna's Work on the Real Cofradia de Nuestro Padre Jesus Nazareno de Huesca site(in Spanish)