Eduardo Chillida

Donostia´s favorite son is probably the late sculptor Eduardo Chillida. There is a beautiful open-air museum dedicated to his work a short bus ride from San Sebastián and his works can be seen in public squares and even out-of-the way places throughout the city and Gipuzkoa.

The most famous of his works on display is El Peine del Viento, the wind comb. It consists of three massive iron shapes, each anchored in two places to the rocks at the western end of the Bahia de la Concha. I saw it on a wonderful, moody stormy day. I have to say that the wind did not whistle as it moved through the sculpture, as it´s famous for doing, but it certainly did blow and if I had long enough pelo, I would certainly have needed a peine myself.

This last piece is his Homaje a Fleming, Chillida´s homage to the Scottish doctor who discovered penicillin. It´s located roughly in the middle of the promenade that runs the length of the bay above the beaches.