Francisco Asorey

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

Francisco Asorey in 1914.

Images

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  Asorey's birth house in Cambados, Spain
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  Cabanelas monument, Pontevedra, Spain
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  Portrait of the violinist Manuel Quiroga, Pontevedra, Spain
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  Statue of Columbus, part of the Monument to Cuba,[1] in El Retiro, Madrid

References

1. "El monumento 'cubano' de El Retiro que tardó 20 años en inaugurarse". Madridiario. 27 October 2017.

• El escultor Francisco Asorey, Ramón Otero Túñez, Universidad de Santiago de Compostela, 1959