Agustín Ibarrola

[1] Ibarrola was born in Basauri, Biscay, Basque Autonomous Community, Spain.

In 1948, the Delegation of Biscay and the city council of Bilbao granted him a scholarship to study in Madrid, where he lived until 1955.

The piece is currently being relocated to the nearby Basobarri Forest due to a fungal infection destroying the original painted trees.

Ibarrola's work combined the Basque spirit with the social commitment of the humblest workers, people who tend towards expressionism.

In later years he was tied to the founder of the platform ¡Basta Ya!, a civic group fighting against terrorism in the Basque Country.