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Julio Gonzalez - Dead: 1942 Julio Gonzalez Julio González is one of the classics amongst the sculptors of the 20th century. And yet only in the last two decades was he able to emerge from the shadow of the legendary Picasso and reach the consciousness of a wider public. As a sculptor, he pioneered a technique of working directly with metal in the 1930s and is particularly known for his abstract forged and welded open-form constructions in iron, bronze and silver. For him, this technique increasingly replaced the old methods of joining metal parts. Iron, being brittle and difficult to form, opened up a completely different visual language to him.   González began to develop this idea of sculpture- as a transparent construction in space- in the late 1920's.   Since 1928, he also uses his drawings as preliminary sketch for the sculptures, at first made with pencil, and then defining their contours with the use of black watercolours and a pen. His drawings allow a differentiated view on his way of working. In his extensive graphic oeuvre, he circled around ideas for sculptures and examined the idea of construction in space. Though these drawings were used as inspiration for his sculptures, they all have their own character, and mostly his latest drawings show us that Gonzalez was a visionary that had a direct implication on the development of the sculpture in the post-war period.   He made a significant contribution to the ‘truth to materials’ discourse of his time and was an important example for David Smith as well as Anthony Caro, Eduardo Chillida and other sculptors working with welded metal after World War II.   Although he incorporated both Surrealist and Constructivist elements in his work, González was independent of any movement   He passed away in 1942.		Gallery-Infobox Name: Galeria Arnes & Röpke Anbieter: Gallery Street: C/ Conde de Xiquena,14 Zipcode: 28004 City: Madrid Country: Spain Phone: 0034 91 7021492 Fax: 0034 91 7021639 E-Mail: arnesyropke@hotmail.com Website: Go to the site

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Biographie
Date		Title / Description
1942		Died. Picasso & Fernandez attended his funeral Arcueil, France
1941		Returned to Paris
1937		Married Marie-Thérèse Roux and moved Arcueil, France
1928		Death of his mother. Collaboration with Picasso
1925		Visited the dance academy of Jeanne Ronsay
1918		Employed by the Renault branch & learns welding Boulogne-Billancourt, France
1909		Married Jeanne Berton
1905		Met the composer Verese
1902		Spring and summer with Picasso Barcelona, Spain
1900		Moved with his family and met Picasso Paris, France
1876		Born Barcelona, Spain
Exhibitions
Date		Title / Description
1936		Picasso, Miró, F, Galerie des Cahiers d'Art Paris, France
1934		Was ist Surrealismus?, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
1931		Galerie de France & Galerie le Centaure Brussels, Belgium
1924		Salon des Tuileries Paris, France
1923		Zadkine, Foujita, Galerie La Licorne Paris, France
1922		Galerie Povolovsky Paris, France
1913		Salon d'Automne Paris, France
1907		Salon des Indépendants Paris, France

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