The concept of everyday activities and local customs were a source of inspiration for Antón’s work. The sculptures exhibited in this room that fall into this traditionalist theme are: “Asturiana” and “Rapacina”.
For this piece, made of cast bronze from the original plaster model that is preserved in the Museum, Antón used his cousin Maruja as a model, whom he represents smiling and resting on the way to the fountain.
He uses her dress as a plastic resource, in which the sharp profiles and rounded surfaces of the upper body contrast with the inferior part, where the folds arranged rhythmically in parallel and zigzagging lines dominate.
Antón carved this wooden sculpture of a young woman who returns from getting water at the fountain. She is wearing typical Asturian “madreñas” shoes and is transporting the water in a “ferrada”, a typical Asturian wooden pail with metal rings. These two items highlight the popular character of the piece. His cousin Maruja is, again, his model.
Antón uses the technique of wet drapery, allowing the viewer to guess the anatomy of the person portrayed.
The piece made in plaster is displayed with the wooden sculpture, where you can see how before the piece was transferred to the final material–in this case wood–Antón had made it in a material that allowed him to make corrections and modifications: plaster.
