Francisco Asorey González (4 March 1889 – 2 July 1961) was a Spanish sculptor. Born in Cambados,

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, he was one of the most important Spanish sculptors of the early 20th century. He studied and began work as a religious sculptor in Sarrià, Barcelona, and continued in Barakaldo, Basque Country. He lived and worked in Madrid from 1909 to 1918; then in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, until his death in 1961.

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, Pontevedra, Spain File:(Colón) Buen Retiro Monumento a Cuba02 (cropped).jpg, Statue of

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, part of the Monument to Cuba, in El Retiro, Madrid

References

Sources

* ''El escultor Francisco Asorey'',

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, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 1959 1889 births 1961 deaths Sculptors from Galicia (Spain) 20th-century Spanish sculptors 20th-century Spanish male artists Spanish male sculptors People from Pontevedra {{Spain-sculptor-stub