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Elvira Medina Castro (31 July 1911 – 1998) was a Spanish sculptor and painter specialist in portraits.[1][2]

She was born in Serrada into a family dedicated to arts and culture. She was the daughter of the poet César de Medina Bocos and the sister of the also sculptor José Luis Medina.[3]

Medina cultivated sculpture and painting, although the latter was his main profession. In 1956 she held his first individual exhibition in Valladolid.[3] After making herself known to the public, she also exhibited her work in Madrid, where she established his residence since 1967.[1] In the Spanish capital she had participated in the 1st Hispano-American Art Biennial. Precursors and Spanish masters of contemporary painting at the National Museum of Contemporary Art which lasted from the October 12, 1951 to February 28, 1952.[4]

In 1976 she won the Preciados Gallery Prize of the San Isidro Plastic Arts Contest organized by the National Association of Painters and Sculptors, and the City Council of Madrid.[5]

She is recognized for her portraits,[6][7] highlighting those made of Félix Rodríguez de la Fuente and the Marqués de Lozoya. Her portrait of Count Albert Thill is exhibited at the Philadelphia Museum of Art.[1]

On 7 March 2008, the City Council of Valladolid named a street in the city after her.[1][8]

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