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Abstract Marble Sculpture by Emile Gilioli

Name: Abstract Marble Sculpture by Emile Gilioli
Brand: Émile Gilioli
Price: 14400 USD
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About the Item

This beautiful marble sculpture by Emile Gilioli is made of rose veined marble (white/pink). The sculpture is signed and dated on wooden base. "Emile Gilioli was born to a family on Italian shoemakers who had settled beside the Canal Saint-Martin. After the first World War, the family moved back towards Italy, settling in Nice. In 1932, Gilioli took courses at the Ecole des Arts Decoratifs de Nice, notably with the future artist Marie Raymond. During the Second World War, Gilioli was mobilized in Grenoble where he passed the remainder of the conflict. He made the acquaintance of Andry Fracy, a conservationist at the Grenoble Musee des baux-arts and led him to discover cubism. After the war, Gilioli settled in Saint-Martin-de-La-Cluze near Grenoble, where he sculpted in his workshop. His art was associated in a certain way with the deeds of the French Renaissance. He became friendly with Thomas Gleb. He advised his friend Georges Ladrey, who wished to leave the Alpes pour Paris with the intention of perfecting his skills in an art school, to develop his personal artistic vision, judging that his technique was sufficiently refined. In 1947, Gilioli exhibited in Salon des Realites Nouvelles in Paris. In 1949, Gilioli took part in the first Salon de la Jeune sculpture in the garden and chapel of the Musee Rodin in Paris. The first salon was attended by 63 sculptors including Gilioli. Emmanuel Auricoste, Etienne Haidu, BaltasarLobo and Berto Lardera. From 1954 onwards, Gilioli took part in collective exhibitions with other artists such as Etienne Martin, Alicia Penalba, Francois Stahly and Simone Boisecq. In 1997 to mark the 20th anniversary of Gilioli's death, the municipalite of Sait-Martin-de-la-Cluze decided to acquire Gilioli's house and workshop, respecting the expressed wish of wife Babet to create a space dedicated to the artist's memory. In 2004, the workshop/house was turned into a museum/library which hosts a permanent exhibition presenting Gilioli's work. Also in 1997, the Musee Maillol organized an exhibition in his honor from 27 February to 15 May.".

Creator:

Émile Gilioli (Sculptor)

Dimensions:

Height: 18.5 in (46.99 cm)Width: 9 in (22.86 cm)Depth: 12 in (30.48 cm)

Materials and Techniques:

Bronze,Marble

Place of Origin:

France

Period:

1950-1959

Date of Manufacture:

1956

Condition:

Wear consistent with age and use.

Seller Location:

Stamford, CT

Reference Number:

Seller: ELS-528811stDibs: LU91861710442

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Émile Gilioli

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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