Xavier Gonzalez was a Spanish American

Spanish American

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 artist

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. He was born in Almeria, Spain. He lived in Argentina

Argentina

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 and Mexico

Mexico

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 for some time. In 1925, he immigrated to the United States

United States

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Gonzalez began his studies at the Art Institute of Chicago

Art Institute of Chicago

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 from 1921 to 1923, and his uncle, José Arpa

José Arpa

José Arpa y Perea, 1858-1952, was an artist of Spanish birth who worked in Spain, Mexico, and Texas. Born in Carmona, Spain, he studied under Eduardo Cano de la Peña at the Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, where he won the Rome Prize three times, allowing him to study in Rome...

, studied with him there. He also studied at the San Carlos Academy in Mexico City

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, as well as in Paris

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 and the Far East

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. In 1931, Gonzalez became a US citizen, and in 1935, married fellow artist Ethel Edwards

Ethel Edwards

Ethel Edwards was an American painter. Edwards was born in New Orleans, Louisiana in 1915. She studied at Newcomb College Art School and was a student of Xavier Gonzalez, whom she later married. She taught at Truro Center of the Arts. Edwards died in 1999....

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Gonzalez's works have been displayed throughout the United States including at the Corcoran Gallery of Art

Corcoran Gallery of Art

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, the Whitney Museum of American Art

Whitney Museum of American Art

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, the Metropolitan Museum of Art

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, as well as in Paris, Venice

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, Brussels

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 and Tokyo

Tokyo

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. He taught art at Tulane University

Tulane University

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, the Brooklyn Museum

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, Case Western Reserve University

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, and the Newcomb Memorial School of Art, and was the director of the art school at Sul Ros State Teachers College

Sul Ross State University

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, in Alpine, Texas

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Gonzalez died of leukemia

Leukemia

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 in 1993, at the age of 94, at Calvary Hospital

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 in the Bronx

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, New York City

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