Lucio Correa Morales

Lucio Correa Morales (3 July 1852, Navarro - 30 June 1923, Buenos Aires)[1] was one of the first major Argentine sculptors.

Thanks to a stipend, granted by President Domingo Sarmiento in 1874, he was able to study in Florence, Italy, at the Accademia di Belle Arti.

Over the next forty years, he created numerous works based on Argentine culture, such as "El Gaucho" and "La Ondina del Plata" (Undine of the Río de la Plata); as well as statues of notable figures in Argentine history, including Falucho, Juan Bautista Alberdi, Francisco Laprida and Bartolomé Mitre.

He travelled extensively throughout Argentina, observing the native peoples and criollos, to ensure that he was representing them accurately.

Many distinguished sculptors number among his students, notably Rogelio Yrurtia and Pedro Zonza Briano [es].