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 González, Julio (1876 - 1942)
Spain

Etude pour Danseuse à la Palette, 1934

Pencil, colour crayon and indian ink on paper;
24 x 15.5 cm
Surrealism

UID 102-220



Biography

Spanish sculptor, metalworker, painter and draughtsman, the chief pioneer of welded iron sculpture. Born in Barcelona, he was trained in metalwork by his father, a goldsmith, but began his career as a painter. He moved to Paris in 1900 where he met Picasso, Brancusi and Despiau. In 1910 he supported himself mainly by making metalwork and jewellery, but also exhibited paintings and sculpture (modelled pieces and "repoussé" masks). First one-man exhibition in Paris, 1921. In 1918 he learned a new technique of welding and produced his first iron sculpture in 1927. From 1928-32 he worked for Picasso, executing welded sculptures from his designs. This experience encouraged Gonzalez to devote himself exclusively to sculpture. He developed a linear and spatial form of welded sculpture and exhibited in the 1930s with abstract artists and the Surrealists. He made very little sculpture after early 1939, partly because of the disruption and shortage of materials caused by the war. His works include many drawings. He died in Paris.



Exhibitions

Julio González - dessins inédits
Galerie de France, France
18-03-1993 ~ 28-05-1993

Julio Gonzáles - Drawing for sculpture
Pace Wildestein, USA
15-09-1995 ~ 21-10-1995

Julio González, Bern
Kunstmuseum (Bern), Switzerland
26-06-1997 ~ 07-09-1997

FIAC 98, Space Eiffel-Branly, Stand Galerie de France
FIAC, France
07-10-1998 ~ 12-10-1998

Julio González, Iserlohn
Museum d'Iserlohn, Germany
27-02-1998 ~ 14-06-1998

Une rencontre: Hans Hartung et Julio González, 1935-1952
Galerie de France, France
01-01-1992 ~ 31-03-1992

Julio González - dessins
Galerie Carlos Tache, Spain
01-09-1990 ~ 30-11-1990

Une Rencontre: Hans Hartung et Julio González, 1935-1952
Galleria Pieter Coray, Switzerland
18-04-1992 ~ 06-06-1992

Julio González, dessins inédits, Lugano
Galleria Pieter Coray, Switzerland
11-09-1993 ~ 14-11-1993

Colecção Berardo Collection 1917-1999
Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB), Portugal
27-01-2000 ~ 27-08-2000

Julio González, Australia
Annandale Galleries, Australia
22-05-1996 ~ 15-06-1996

Julio González, Cologne
Galerie Stefan Röpke, Germany
24-04-1988 ~ 14-06-1998

Fernando Lemos and Surrealism - The Berardo Collection
Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo (SMAM-CB), Portugal
26-11-2005 ~ 18-06-2006

Fernando Lemos e o Surrealismo - Colecção Berardo
Centro das Artes Casa das Mudas, Calheta, Madeira, Portugal
08-07-2006 ~ 31-01-2007

Berardo Museum Opening
Museu Colecção Berardo, Portugal
25-06-2007 ~ 24-08-2008


Bibliography

Fernando Lemos and Surrealism , 2005
Published by Sintra Museu de Arte Moderna - Colecção Berardo
ISBN 9729903026

Fernando Lemos e o Surrealismo – Colecção Berardo, 2006
Published by Centro das Artes - Casa das Mudas
ISBN 9728902034

Julio Gonzalez, 1996
Published by Annandale Galleries

Julio Gonzalez, 1998
Published by Ed. Galerie Stefan Röpke

Julio Gonzalez, Dessiner dans l'Espace, 1997
Published by Skira, Kunstmuseum

Julio Gonzalez, dessins inédits, 1993
Published by Galerie de France and Galleria Pieter Coray

Une Rencontre: Hans Hartung et Julio Gonzalez, 1935-1952, 1992
Published by Electa







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