Large Ceramic Sculpture 1930, 120 Cm, Signed Fidel Aguilar Marco 1894 /1917, Eve

Period: circa 1930, in very good condition, ceramic with bronze patina, for outdoor or indoor use.
Signed: yes, referenced artist, Spanish School
Subject: "Eve and the Apple"
Dimensions, Large format:
height: 120 cm, width: 50 cm, depth: 45 cm

Biography:
Fidel Aguilar Marco 1894 / 1917
Aguilar Marco, Fidel. 1894 / 1917
Girona, Escultor. He was born in Girona on July 20, 1894. After a brief stay at the seminary, he began working in a sculptor's workshop and, at the age of sixteen, he created a wood carving and furniture restoration workshop with a partner. Although he attended the Girona School of Arts and Crafts, as a sculptor he is considered self-taught. His premature death, at the age of twenty-two, put an end to a promising production, becoming an almost mythologized figure, especially in the artistic field of Girona.
Despite his short biography, he was closely linked to the so-called Noucentisme and, more specifically, to the Athenaeum of Girona, an entity that became the center of cultural activities in his hometown and was an authentic "Noucentista" center.

Thus, Aguilar's work is characterized by its Mediterranean references, by a vitalism in the vein of Rodin, by a certain parallelism with the work of Bourdelle and Maillol and by a particular decorativeism close to that of the sculptor Julio Antonio. He made statuettes in wood, stone, plaster and terracotta, to which he gave an oxidized bronze patina. Of particular note is a series of heads that Aguilar sculpted in Girona stone shortly before his death, in which references to the world of archaic Greece are evident. His drawings, very voluminous, and his contributions as a furniture sculptor also deserve attention.

He collaborated closely with the architect, also from Girona, Rafael Masó. From 1919, the Marcó ceramics factory, located in Quart d'Onyar (Girona), began the commercial exploitation of his works. In 1930, the city of Girona erected a monument dedicated to Fidel Aguilar, financed by popular subscription and located in the so-called Parque de la Devesa.

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Sculpture visible at our gallery in L'Isle sur la Sorgue (France), the weekend.
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