He was a Basque sculptor born in 1924 in San Sebastian, Spain who died in 2002 in San Sebastian. He is known for his monumental abstract sculptures made of massive materials like iron. While his early works focused on the human form, his later pieces were more abstract yet he considered himself a realist sculptor. Upon returning to the Basque Country in 1951, he abandoned using plaster and instead worked with materials like iron to create large sculptures.