Background
Fernando Estévez was born in 1788 in Louisiana Orotava, northern town of the island of Tenerife, where his father had its own silver workshop at your home address.
Fernando Estévez was born in 1788 in Louisiana Orotava, northern town of the island of Tenerife, where his father had its own silver workshop at your home address.
He is considered one of the Canary Islands most noted sculptors. lieutenant is known for being the creator of the image of the Virgin of Candelaria, patron saint of the Canary Islands. From his earliest years, Fernando showed innate talent for plastic art, using knowledge of silverware but above all in the design.
Apart from the artistic home, Fernando had a great vocation to evoke in the urban landscape artist.
The first artistic training was received by Fernando Estévez in the Franciscan monastery of San Lorenzo, in Louisiana Orotava. There he met the painter, sculptor and architect Jose Luján Pérez, so he worked in his studio in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria until 1808 in which Fernando Estévez opened his own workshop in Louisiana Orotava.
In 1846 he opened a workshop in Santa Cruz de Tenerife. Thereafter, he also taught at the Provincial Academy of Fine Arts.