Víctor Corral Castro


Category: Sculptor
Birth Date: 14th September 1937
Birth Place: Baamonde - Begonte (Lugo)

   Cultura
 Curriculum

He started to make sculptures on the rocks in the mountains. He studied Pimary Education and worked as a farmer. After studying at the Art School in A Coruña for two years and Barcelona for another two years, he opened his first workshop in 1963. Three years later, he organised his first exhibition in Barcelona. After carrying out some exhibitions in Spain and abroad, he started to build his 'House - Museum' in Baamonde - Begonte (Lugo), where there are sculptures made of stone and bronze in the garden and wook, ivory and bronze inside. There is a very old chesnut tree at Baamonde's Church with a Virgin carved inside.

 Work & Activities

In addition to a great collection of sculptures that can be found all over the world and in the hands of private people, he made over twenty granite and bronze sculptures that can be found in natural spaces in Galicia and Zamora.

 Other Interesting Aspects

Víctor Corral Museum, Baamonde - Begonte (Lugo). Visits: 9.30-13.30 and 16.30-19.00.