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Francisco Asorey
1914
Born	Francisco Asorey González (1889-03-04)4 March 1889 Cambados, Spain
Died	2 July 1961(1961-07-02) (aged 72) Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Nationality	Spanish

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.

Images

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

References

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

Sources

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

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