Émile Gilioli
Émile Gilioli (b. Paris, 10 June 1911, d. Paris, 19 January 1977), was a French-Italian sculptor. Gilioli was one of the representatives of abstract French sculpture in the 1950s. Biography Émile Gilioli was born to a family of 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 École des Arts Décoratifs 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, conservationist at the Grenoble Musée des beaux-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 Resistance. He became friendly with Thomas Gleb. He advised his friend ...
[...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]