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Julio González. Artisan metal-worker, painter, draftsman, and above all, sculptor, Julio González (1876-1942) figures among the greatest artists of his time. Catalonian by birth, Parisian by adoption, González casts, hammers and sculpts iron and copper, gold, bronze and silver, without neglecting stone or plaster. For this "sculptor of the ...
"To draw in space": that, for González, was the exciting possibility in the art of his time. A painter and draftsman as well as a sculptor, González realized that by cutting, rolling, and bending metal, or fusing found metal pieces into an assemblage, he could draw images not on paper but in air, his instrument not a pencil but a welding torch.
Picasso. PORTRAIT OF JULIO GONZALEZ, c. 1900-04. Watercolor, 12*4 x 9%". Collection Mme Roberta Gonzalez, Paris acknowledgments This is the first retrospective exhibition in the United States of the sculpture of Julio Gonzalez. The present monograph is the first in English on the artist.
The entire Gonzalez family settles in the Lot. Though Roberta and her aunts, Julio's sisters, remain there for the duration of the conflict, Gonzalez, eager to resume his iron sculpture, returns to Paris in 1941. He resumes contact with Picasso and his compatriots before his career is definitively cut short by his untimely death in 1942, at the ...
Maternity is a striking sculpture by Julio González, a Spanish artist who pioneered the use of iron as a medium for modern art. It depicts a mother and child in a stylized and geometric form, expressing the bond between them. Explore the theme of maternity in González's work and see how he developed his technique and vision over time.
Julio Gonzalez, National Treasure. National treasures are subject to a temporary refusal to leave the country as per a “refusal certificate” in accordance with the amended law n°92-1477 of December 31, 1992. To date, more than 30 major works are concerned by this measure, including “Tête en profondeur” (Head in depth) by Julio ...
Jun 11, 2018 · The Spanish sculptor Julio González (1876-1942) pioneered welded iron constructions and gave the medium an unprecedented expressiveness and range. Julio González was born on Sept. 21, 1876, in Barcelona. He learned his craft from his father, a goldsmith and sculptor. González exhibited sculpture in metal at the Barcelona International ...
