Émile Gilioli Art
French, 1911-1977
French sculptor Émile Gilioli crafted each piece to polished perfection. His smooth marble and bronze abstract sculptures feature reflective surfaces, graceful curves and sudden, sharp lines and angles. And while Gilioli was obsessed with refinement in his three-dimensional work, his abstract prints and watercolors reveal a looser, more expressive approach. No matter the chosen medium, his inner artist always shone through.
Gilioli was born in 1911 to a family of Italian shoemakers living in Paris. When he was three years old, his family moved back to Italy and settled in Mantua, where young Gilioli was eventually employed at the local forge. After World War I, his family moved back to France and Gilioli attended the Ecole des Arts Décoratifs and Beaux-Arts de Paris. He started working as a sculpture craftsman at 17 years old, and at 19, he joined the studio of Jean Boucher.
During World War II, Gilioli was stationed in Grenoble. There, he spent time at the Musée de Grenoble and was introduced to Cubism. Upon his return to Paris in 1945, he became one of the key figures in the city's burgeoning abstractionist movement. That same year, he held his first exhibition in Grenoble and also showed at two salons in Paris, in 1947 and ’49.
Gilioli eventually settled in the commune of Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze, where he opened a sculpture atelier. Throughout the 1950s, he continued to pave the way for abstract sculpture in the country, frequently exhibiting with artists like Alicia Penalba, François Stahly and Étienne Martin. Throughout his long career, Gilioli designed many large sculptures for public spaces.
In 1997, to mark the 20-year anniversary of his death, the commune of Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze purchased his workshop and home, turning the property into a museum to permanently display his creations.
Gilioli's sculptures and works on paper are held in museums in France and around the world, including the Musée de Grenoble, the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the Tate Gallery in London, the São Paulo Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
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Artist: Émile Gilioli
Nude of Woman - Drawing by Emile Gilioli - Mid 20th Century
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Roma, IT
Nude of woman is an original modern artwork realized in the half of 20th century by the french artist Emile Gilioli.
Sanguine drawingon light brown paper.
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The Dove, Modern Lithograph by Emile Gilioli
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Long Island City, NY
An original hand-signed limited edition lithograph by famed sculptor Emile Gilioli. Edition of only 75. Émile Gilioli (b. Paris, 10 June 1911, d. Paris,...
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1960s Modern Émile Gilioli Art
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Lithograph
Composition
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph, 1962
Edition : III/X
56.00 cm. x 76.00 cm. 22.05 in. x 29.92 in. (paper)
50.00 cm. x 63.00 cm. 19.69 in. x 24.8 in. (image)
Annoted "Epreuve artiste"
Handsigned by the ...
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1960s Abstract Émile Gilioli Art
Materials
Lithograph
Labyrinthe, Paroles peintes I, Émile Gilioli
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Southampton, NY
Etching on vélin Johannot d’Arches paper. Inscription: Unsigned and unnumbered, as issued. Good condition. Notes: From the album, Paroles peintes I, 1962. Published by Éditions O. La...
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Composition Black wing
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Paris, FR
Lithograph
Handsigned by the artist in pencil and numbered 3/50
66.50 cm. x 52.00 cm. 26.18 in. x 20.47 in. (paper)
64.00 cm. x 50.00 cm. 25.2 in. x 19.69 in. (image)
After the “Bl...
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Male Face - Handsigned drawing
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Paris, IDF
Emile GILIOLI
Male Face
Drawing on art paper
Handsigned on bottom left
65 x 50.2 cm (25.5 x 19.6 in.)
Good condition, slight tear on the right side
Category
Late 20th Century Modern Émile Gilioli Art
Materials
Pencil
Glacier
By Émile Gilioli
Located in PARIS, FR
"The Glacier"
by Emile GILIOLI (1911-1977)
"Perlino rosato" polished marble
signed to underside "Gilioli"
and dated "61"
France
1961
height 27 cm
width 29 cm
depth 20 cm
Provenance :
World House Galleries, New York, 1962;
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1962-1966;
Donation to the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington;
Christie's, sold by order of the trustees of the Hirshhorn Museum, 1994.
Biography :
Émile Gilioli (1911-1977) was a French sculptor. He was one of the leaders of French post-war abstract sculpture, alongside Brancusi and Arp. Born into a family of Italian shoemakers living in Paris, they moved to Nice after the World War I. In 1932, Émile Gilioli took lessons at the School of Decorative Arts in Nice, notably with the future artist Marie Raymond...
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1960s Abstract Émile Gilioli Art
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Column, Unique Carved Marble and Stone Column Sculpture by Emile Gilioli
By Émile Gilioli
Located in Long Island City, NY
Artist: Emile Gilioli, French (1911 - 1977)
Title: Column
Year: circa 1960
Medium: Carved and Painted Marble on Marble Base, Signature Incised Verso
Size: 65.5 in. x 31 in. x 8 in. (...
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1960s Modern Émile Gilioli Art
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Marble
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