Photobiography
1924 - 1930
1924
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui was born on 10 January in San Sebastian. His parents, Pedro Chillida Aramburu, in the military, and Carmen Juantegui Eguren, live in the Plaza de Zaragoza.
The couple had three children: Eduardo, Gonzalo, and Ignacio. Their grandmother, Juana Eguren Jáuregui, was the owner and manager of the Hotel Biarritz, right next to the family home.
Eduardo first attended the local Marianist School and then the Academia Malaxechevarría. He later studied freely to obtain his Baccalaureate in Valladolid.
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Eduardo Chillida (left) with his cousins at the La Concha beach in San Sebastian
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Carmen Juantegui and Pedro Chillida, parents of the artist
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Chillida with his mother, Carmen Juantegui, and his brothers Gonzalo and Ignacio in Oriamendi, the hill where Chillida-Leku can be found today
