Émile Gilioli
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Émile Gilioli was a French sculptor.
Gilioli was one of the representatives of abstract
French sculpture in the 1950s
.
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 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 the salon des réalités nouvelles in Paris.
In 1949, Gilioli took part in the first Salon de la jeune sculpture in the garden and chapel of the Musée Rodin
in Paris. The first salon was attended by 63 sculptors including Gilioli, Emmanuel Auricoste, Étienne Hajdu
, Baltasar Lobo
and Berto Lardera
.
From 1954 onwards, Gilioli took part in collective exhibitions with other artists such as Étienne Martin, Alicia Penalba, François Stahly
and Simone Boisecq.
In 1997 to mark the 20th anniversary of Gilioli's death, the municipalité of Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze decided to acquire Gilioli's house and workshop, respecting the expressed wish of his 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 Musée Maillol
organised an exhibition in his honor from 27 February to 15 May .
Gilioli was one of the representatives of abstract
Abstract art
Abstract art uses a visual language of form, color and line to create a composition which may exist with a degree of independence from visual references in the world. Western art had been, from the Renaissance up to the middle of the 19th century, underpinned by the logic of perspective and an...
French sculpture in the 1950s
1950s
The 1950s or The Fifties was the decade that began on January 1, 1950 and ended on December 31, 1959. The decade was the sixth decade of the 20th century...
.
Biography
Émile Gilioli was born to a family of ItalianItaly
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
shoemakers who had settled beside the Canal Saint-Martin
Canal Saint-Martin
Canal Saint-Martin is a 4.5 km long canal in Paris. It connects the Canal de l'Ourcq to the river Seine.-Geography:The entrance of the canal is a double lock near Place de Stalingrad. Then, towards the river Seine, the canal is bordered by the quai de Valmy on one side and the quai de Jemmapes on...
. After the First World War, the family moved back towards Italy, settling in Nice
Nice
Nice is the fifth most populous city in France, after Paris, Marseille, Lyon and Toulouse, with a population of 348,721 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Nice extends beyond the administrative city limits with a population of more than 955,000 on an area of...
.
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
Mobilization
Mobilization is the act of assembling and making both troops and supplies ready for war. The word mobilization was first used, in a military context, in order to describe the preparation of the Prussian army during the 1850s and 1860s. Mobilization theories and techniques have continuously changed...
in Grenoble
Grenoble
Grenoble is a city in southeastern France, at the foot of the French Alps where the river Drac joins the Isère. Located in the Rhône-Alpes region, Grenoble is the capital of the department of Isère...
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
Cubism
Cubism was a 20th century avant-garde art movement, pioneered by Pablo Picasso and Georges Braque, that revolutionized European painting and sculpture, and inspired related movements in music, literature and architecture...
.
After the war, Gilioli settled in Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze
Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze
Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze is a commune in the Isère department in south-eastern France.-References:*...
near Grenoble, where he sculpted in his workshop. His art was associated in a certain way with the deeds of the French Resistance
French Resistance
The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II...
. 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 the salon des réalités nouvelles in Paris.
In 1949, Gilioli took part in the first Salon de la jeune sculpture in the garden and chapel of the Musée Rodin
Musée Rodin
The Musée Rodin in Paris, France, is a museum that was opened in 1919 in the Hôtel Biron and surrounding grounds. It displays works by the French sculptor Auguste Rodin....
in Paris. The first salon was attended by 63 sculptors including Gilioli, Emmanuel Auricoste, Étienne Hajdu
Étienne Hajdú
Étienne Hajdú, also known as István Hajdú , was a Transylvania-born French sculptor of Jewish descent. After emigration to Paris in the 1930s, he became part of the Hungarian circle of artists and writers...
, Baltasar Lobo
Baltasar Lobo
Baltasar Lobo was a Spanish artist, anarchist and sculptor best known for his compositions depicting mother and child.-Life:...
and Berto Lardera
Berto Lardera
Roberto Lardera , was a notable Italian sculptor of the 20th Century. He was informally known as Berto Lardera. He was born in La Spezia, Italy, the son of a shipyard worker...
.
From 1954 onwards, Gilioli took part in collective exhibitions with other artists such as Étienne Martin, Alicia Penalba, François Stahly
François Stahly
François Stahly was a German-French sculptor....
and Simone Boisecq.
In 1997 to mark the 20th anniversary of Gilioli's death, the municipalité of Saint-Martin-de-la-Cluze decided to acquire Gilioli's house and workshop, respecting the expressed wish of his 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 Musée Maillol
Musée Maillol
The Musée Maillol is an art museum located in the 7th arrondissement at 59-61, rue de Grenelle, Paris, France. It is open daily except Tuesday; an admission fee is charged....
organised an exhibition in his honor from 27 February to 15 May .
Large-scale works
- 1946 : Voreppe Memorial;
- 1950 : Monument to the dead for those deported from Grenoble ;
- 1951 : Monument at Chapelle-en-Vercors ;
- 1952 : Gisant at Vassieux-en-Vercors ;
- 1968 : Fountain at the hôtel de ville ;
- 1973 : Memorial to the Résistance on the Glières PlateauGlières PlateauThe Glières Plateau is a limestone plateau in the Bornes Massif. Distant from La Roche-sur-Foron and Thorens-Glières by 29 km and 15 km respectively, il is located around the communes of Le Petit-Bornand-les-Glières and Thorens-Glières....
(Haute-SavoieHaute-SavoieHaute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...
).
In France
- Atelier Gilioli - espace muséographique et bibliothèque, 38650 Saint Martin de la Cluze ;
- Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble ;
- Centre Georges-Pompidou, Paris ;
- Musée National d'Art ModerneMusée National d'Art ModerneThe Musée National d'Art Moderne is the national museum for modern art of France. It is located in Paris and is housed in the Centre Pompidou in the 4th arrondissement of the city. Created in 1947, it was then housed in the Palais de Tokyo and moved to its current location in 1977...
, Paris ; - Musée de Sculpture de la Ville, Paris ;
- Musée de la Sculpture en plein air, Paris ;
- Musée des Beaux-Arts, Dunkerque ;
- Musée FabreMusée FabreThe Musée Fabre is a museum in the southern French city of Montpellier, capital of the Hérault département.The museum was founded by François-Xavier Fabre, a Montpellier painter, in 1825. Beginning in 2003, the museum underwent a 61.2 million euro renovation, which was completed in January 2007...
, Montpellier ; - Musée des Beaux-Arts de RouenMusée des Beaux-Arts de RouenThe musée des Beaux-Arts de Rouen is an art museum in Rouen, northern France. Founded in 1801 by Napoleon I, its current building was built between 1880 and 1888 and completely renovated in 1994...
.
Other countries
- Tate GalleryTate GalleryThe Tate is an institution that houses the United Kingdom's national collection of British Art, and International Modern and Contemporary Art...
in London ; - Museum of Open Air Sculpture, Antwerp ;
- São Paulo Museum of Modern ArtSão Paulo Museum of Modern ArtThe São Paulo Museum of Modern Art, , is located in Ibirapuera Park, São Paulo....
; - Museum of Modern Art, New York ;
- Bezalel Museum, Jerusalem ;
- Museum of Fine Arts, Ostend ;
- National Museum of History and ArtNational Museum of History and ArtThe National Museum of History and Art , abbreviated to MNHA, is a museum located in Luxembourg City, in southern Luxembourg. It is dedicated to displaying artworks and artefacts from all epochs of Luxembourgian history...
, Luxembourg ; - Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas ;
- Museo dei Bozzetti, Pietrasanta ;
- KunsthausKunsthaus ZürichThe Kunsthaus Zürich houses one of the most important art museums in Switzerland and Europe, collected by the local Kunstverein, called Zürcher Kunstgesellschaft, and holdings running from the Middle Ages to contemporary art, with an emphasis on Swiss art.Kunsthaus is also the name of the tram stop...
, Zurich.