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Basque Triptych The Basque Studies Program has received a donation of a triptych (three-part painting) by artist Enrique Linatza. The work details the saga of the Basque sheepherder in the American West. Linatza is an accomplished muralist who has exhibited in Madrid, Alcala de Henares, Mexico City and Oakland, California. He received his degree in graphic arts from the Escuela Nacional de Artes Gráficas of Madrid and subsequently studied at the University of California, Berkeley and the Escuela de Artes Plásticas of the Universidad Autónoma Nacional de México. Most recently he worked on several projects with famed muralist A. Belkin in Mexico City. The triptych is entitled Buruauste which is Basque for "Puzzle." This refers to the fact that it consists of a series of integrated squares that together form a complete image. The work is presently displayed near the entrance to the Basque Studies Program. Luis (Koldo) Michelena (1915-1987) Luis Michelena, one of the world’s most influential and productive Basque scholars, died on October 12. Professor Michelena was imprisoned after the Spanish Civil War and used his solitary years of confinement for study and contemplation. > An autodidact, he ultimately gave Basque linguistics international standing. For many years he held the chair of Indo-European studies at the University of Salamanca. When the University of the Basque Country was created in the 1970s, he joined the faculty of the Department of Philology at the Vitoria-Gasteiz campus where he was Professor of Basque Linguistics until his recent retirement. His many books and articles won him international fame and he was influential in forming a whole generation of Basque linguists. He was also instrumental in creating Euskera Batua, or unified Basque. We extend our profound regrets to his wife Matilde and his family. The world of Basque Studies has lost one of its titans. |
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