# Elias Crespin > Venezuelan artist and sculptor (born 1965) **Wikidata**: [Q13418048](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q13418048) **Wikipedia**: [English](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elias_Crespin) **Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/elias-crespin ## Summary Elias Crespin was born on January 1, 1965 in Caracas[1]. He is a Venezuelan artist, sculptor, computer scientist, and engineer. ## Summary Elias Crespin is a Venezuelan artist and sculptor (born 1965) whose work is held in major international museum collections. He is also documented in major bibliographic and authority databases as a practitioner with backgrounds in art, computer science, and engineering. ## Biography - Born: 1965, Caracas - Nationality: Venezuela - Known for: Visual art and sculpture represented in major international museum collections - Field(s): Visual art, sculpture, computer science, engineering - Languages: Spanish ## Contributions Elias Crespin’s concrete outcomes are visible through institutional acquisitions and bibliographic records. His artworks are held in the collections of major institutions, including the Louvre Museum, the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the National Museum of Fine Arts (Argentina), Maison de l'Amérique latine, and El Museo del Barrio. These holdings establish measurable distribution of his work across international public collections. Crespin is recorded in established authority and library databases: ISNI 0000000382431084, VIAF ID 264826902, GND ID 102622571X, Library of Congress authority n2017051189, and WorldCat entities ID E39PBJmhKpjQTwrBHYC6kjxYyd. His bibliographic presence is evidenced by referenced data points (for example, VIAF entries dating to 2015 and GND metadata with 2023 references). An image of Crespin is cataloged with a point-in-time of 2021-11-20. Copyright status for his works is noted as protected by copyrights, with qualifiers indicating applicability in countries with longer than 70 years post mortem auctoris (pma). These verifiable institutional and bibliographic records constitute Crespin’s documented professional footprint. ## FAQs ### Q: Who is Elias Crespin? A: Elias Crespin is a Venezuelan artist and sculptor, born in 1965 in Caracas, whose works are held in several major international museum collections. ### Q: Where can Elias Crespin’s works be found? A: His works are in the collections of the Louvre Museum, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the National Museum of Fine Arts (Argentina), Maison de l'Amérique latine, and El Museo del Barrio. ### Q: What are Elias Crespin’s professional backgrounds? A: He is documented as an artist and sculptor and is also recorded with occupations of computer scientist and engineer. ## Why They Matter Elias Crespin’s significance is documented through institutional recognition and comprehensive bibliographic cataloging. The presence of his work in prominent museum collections such as the Louvre and the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston indicates that public cultural institutions have acquired and preserved his artworks for public access and scholarship. His cross-listed occupations — artist, sculptor, computer scientist, and engineer — point to an interdisciplinary professional profile that is captured in authority files and library records. The existence of standardized identifiers (ISNI, VIAF, GND, Library of Congress, WorldCat) ensures that Crespin’s corpus and related metadata are discoverable and citable across museums, libraries, and academic resources. Without these institutional acquisitions and authoritative records, visibility, scholarly study, and public access to his works would be more limited. The documented museum holdings and bibliographic entries together create a durable and traceable footprint of his professional practice. ## Notable For - Having works in the collections of the Louvre Museum. - Having works in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. - Institutional holdings in the National Museum of Fine Arts (Argentina), Maison de l'Amérique latine, and El Museo del Barrio. - Recorded in major authority databases: ISNI 0000000382431084; VIAF 264826902; GND 102622571X; Library of Congress authority n2017051189. - Occupations recorded as artist, sculptor, computer scientist, and engineer. ## Body ### Personal details - Full name / alias: Elias Crespin (also listed as Elias Crespin Gunz). - Birth year and place: 1965, Caracas. - Citizenship: Venezuela. - Sex/gender: Male. - Languages: Spanish. ### Professional roles and fields - Occupations recorded: artist; sculptor; computer scientist; engineer. - Primary fields: visual art and sculpture; additionally associated with computer science and engineering in authority records. ### Museum collections and holdings - Louvre Museum — listed as holding works by Elias Crespin. - Museum of Fine Arts, Houston — listed as holding works by Elias Crespin. - National Museum of Fine Arts (Argentina) — listed as holding works (reference: bellasartes.gob.ar). - Maison de l'Amérique latine — listed as holding works. - El Museo del Barrio — listed as holding works. - These institutional listings indicate acquisition or stewardship by public cultural institutions. ### Bibliographic and authority records - ISNI: 0000000382431084. - VIAF ID: 264826902 (VIAF metadata referenced in 2015). - GND ID: 102622571X (GND metadata with references dated 2023). - Library of Congress authority ID: n2017051189. - WorldCat entities ID: E39PBJmhKpjQTwrBHYC6kjxYyd. - le_delarge artist ID: 30758_artiste_CRESPIN_Elias. - These identifiers facilitate discovery and consistent cataloging across libraries, museums, and databases. ### Online and referential presence - Wikipedia title: Elias Crespin. - Wikipedia languages listed: English, Spanish, French, Italian. - Sitelink count: 5. - Google Knowledge Graph ID: /g/12dpwmx6q. - Photograph URL with cataloged point-in-time: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Elias_Crespin.jpg (point_in_time: 2021-11-20). ### Legal and rights status - Copyright status: works protected by copyrights, with qualifier noting applicability in countries with longer than 70 years post mortem auctoris (pma). ### Metadata references - Multiple structured references exist for birth_date, authority identifiers, and collection listings. These references include archival records, VIAF and GND metadata, and museum collection web references. ## References 1. Virtual International Authority File 2. [Source](https://viaf.org/viaf/data/viaf-20230206-links.txt.gz) 3. Le Delarge 4. IdRef 5. [Source](https://www.bellasartes.gob.ar/)