Name Pablo Gargallo | ||
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Died December 28, 1934, Reus, Spain | ||
Museo pablo gargallo
Pablo Emilio Gargallo (January 5, 1881 – December 28, 1934) was an Aragonese sculptor and painter.
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Pablo gargallo
Life and career
Born in Maella, Aragon, he moved to Barcelona, Catalonia, with his family in 1888, where he would begin his training in the arts. Gargallo developed a style of sculpture based on the creation of three-dimensional objects from pieces of flat metal plate, and he also used paper or cardboard. Some of these sculptures have a form of cubism. For example, only one half of a face may be shown, and it may have only one eye. He also made more traditional sculptures in bronze, marble and other materials. He is considered to be one of the most significant artists of the town of ralls Aragonese avant-garde.
He spent a significant part of his life in the Montparnasse Quarter of Paris, France. In 1903, he invested a studio at the Cite d'Artistes, rue Vercingetorix in the 14th arrondissement of Paris. There he met Max Jacob and Carlos Casagemas, both friends of Pablo Picasso.
In 1907 he stayed at the artists commune Le Bateau-Lavoir with Max Jacob, Juan Gris and other artists. He spent his first night in the studio of his friend Picasso, whose head he modeled as a sculpture. There he was able to contemplate Picasso's seminal proto-Cubist painting Les Demoiselles d’Avignon. Shortly thereafter, Juan Gris introduced him to Magali Tartanson, whom he married in 1915. During this period Gargallo was influenced by the work of Picasso.
Among Gargallo's works are three pieces based on Greta Garbo: "Masque de Greta Garbo a la meche," "Tete de Greta Garbo avec chapeau," and "Masque de Greta Garbo aux cils." Together with Didac Masana, Gargallo sculpted the great arch over the front of the stage of the Palau de la Musica Catalana in Barcelona. The work depicts the Ride of the Valkyries in Richard Wagner's opera Die Walkure (The Valkyries).
Gargallo suffered from fulminating bronchial pneumonia and died in Reus, Tarragona. He is considered to be one of the most significant artists of the Spanish avant-garde, and in 1985 the Pablo Gargallo Museum in Zaragoza opened in the former Argillo Palace. Gargallo's birthplace and early home, on the street now dedicated to his name in Maella, Zaragosa, has been transformed into a museum dedicated to his life and works.
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