Eliseo Nicolás Alonso
Eliseo Nicolás Alonso ( Agones, Pravia, 15 February 1955 - Pereda, Grado, Asturias, 2 June 2012) was an Asturian artisan who was known as Lise and mainly by his work with jet. He was a sculptor and woodcarver. Biography Eliseo Nicolás Alonso was born in Pravia and lived with his family in the school-house of Reconco. He was an artisan who could be considered an artist. His workshop was in the lower level of his home.Fernández, G. A., El Eco de Grado (p.14) – Boletín Municipal (D.L.:AS-1509-92) Ilmo. Ayuntamiento de Grado; December 30, 1996: "''La veta moscona del azabache'Accessed May 9, 2016 He was trained as a General Basic Education Teacher, but did not practice. He had an early inclination for the plastic arts. Lise was self-taught, and first used clay and wood as the materials to study forms. His first exposition for wood carving was in 1973. Work The need to find large pieces of jet, and the unavailability of the gem, made him inquire about mixtures, ''t ...
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