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San Gemigniano
1980
Emile Gilioli
Mixed media
110 x 150 cm
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He also created many paintings and tapestries. "First of all I like wool, its warmth...In tapestry, I can use both colour and graphic design” wrote the artist in “Sculpture”, Paris, 1968. Better known as a sculptor, Gilioli would design his first cartoon in 1949, before winning in 1957 the Tapestry Prize at the Biennial in Sao Paulo ; in all he designed around a hundred tapestries, woven by the Pinton and Picaud workshops.
This tapestries revealed the artist's taste for pure colours used in geometric shapes and strictly abstract orientations. Extreme rigor, geometric simplification are recurrent in his work. This is one of the most refined tapestry existing of Gilioli’s, this épuré style is very representative of his beautiful work.
He also created many paintings and tapestries. "First of all I like wool, its warmth...In tapestry, I can use both colour and graphic design” wrote the artist in “Sculpture”, Paris, 1968. Better known as a sculptor, Gilioli would design his first cartoon in 1949, before winning in 1957 the Tapestry Prize at the Biennial in Sao Paulo ; in all he designed around a hundred tapestries, woven by the Pinton and Picaud workshops.
This tapestries revealed the artist's taste for pure colours used in geometric shapes and strictly abstract orientations. Extreme rigor, geometric simplification are recurrent in his work. This is one of the most refined tapestry existing of Gilioli’s, this épuré style is very representative of his beautiful work.
Emile Gilioli
France
Born in 1911
French sculptor.
Originally an expressionist, Gilioli discovered Moor, Giacometti and most importantly Brancusi, and became friends with Poliakoff. He then began to create resolutely abstract sculptures. He worked with materials as diverse as marble, metal, painted iron and polished bronze.
His interest in architecture led him to create monumental works and research into habitable sculptures.
He also created many paintings and tapestries. Cyprus revealed the artist's taste for pure colours used in geometric shapes and strictly abstract orientations.
Museums of Grenoble, Lun ( Sweden), Detroit, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Kansas City, Dakar.
Originally an expressionist, Gilioli discovered Moor, Giacometti and most importantly Brancusi, and became friends with Poliakoff. He then began to create resolutely abstract sculptures. He worked with materials as diverse as marble, metal, painted iron and polished bronze.
His interest in architecture led him to create monumental works and research into habitable sculptures.
He also created many paintings and tapestries. Cyprus revealed the artist's taste for pure colours used in geometric shapes and strictly abstract orientations.
Museums of Grenoble, Lun ( Sweden), Detroit, Helsinki, Copenhagen, Kansas City, Dakar.
Artworks of
Emile Gilioli
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