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Jose Leoncio Belloni BIOGRAPHY
1882 Montevideo - 1965. Known for: Portrait busts, tombstones, allegorical and religious sculpture.
Born in Montevideo, the sculptor Jose Belloni went to Switzerland in 1890 and studied drawing and painting at the canton school in Lugano. From 1897 onward he was a student of Luigi Vassalli and... Read full biography
Born in Montevideo, the sculptor Jose Belloni went to Switzerland in 1890 and studied drawing and painting at the canton school in Lugano. From 1897 onward he was a student of Luigi Vassalli and eventually worked as his employee until 1908. From 1900-07 Belloni was art teacher and director at the... Read full biography
Born in Montevideo, the sculptor Jose Belloni went to Switzerland in 1890 and studied drawing and painting at the canton school in Lugano. From 1897 onward he was a student of Luigi Vassalli and eventually worked as his employee until 1908. From 1900-07 Belloni was art teacher and director at the Industrial School of Morcolti (Switzerland). In 1908 he returned to Montevideo and joined the Círculo de Bellas Artes. After a while, Belloni traveled to Europe again and eventually studied at the... Read full biography
Born in Montevideo, the sculptor Jose Belloni went to Switzerland in 1890 and studied drawing and painting at the canton school in Lugano. From 1897 onward he was a student of Luigi Vassalli and eventually worked as his employee until 1908. From 1900-07 Belloni was art teacher and director at the Industrial School of Morcolti (Switzerland). In 1908 he returned to Montevideo and joined the Círculo de Bellas Artes. After a while, Belloni traveled to Europe again and eventually studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and at the Scuola Libera in Rome from 1909-13. Back in Uruguay, he actively engaged in the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the University del Trabajo and the Facultad de Arquitectura. Belloni has received numerous prizes, such as the... Read full biography
Born in Montevideo, the sculptor Jose Belloni went to Switzerland in 1890 and studied drawing and painting at the canton school in Lugano. From 1897 onward he was a student of Luigi Vassalli and eventually worked as his employee until 1908. From 1900-07 Belloni was art teacher and director at the Industrial School of Morcolti (Switzerland). In 1908 he returned to Montevideo and joined the Círculo de Bellas Artes. After a while, Belloni traveled to Europe again and eventually studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and at the Scuola Libera in Rome from 1909-13. Back in Uruguay, he actively engaged in the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the University del Trabajo and the Facultad de Arquitectura. Belloni has received numerous prizes, such as the award of the Rotary Club, Buenos Aires, in 1963. His extensive oeuvre includes portrait busts, tombstones, al... Read full biography
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Born in Montevideo, the sculptor Jose Belloni went to Switzerland in 1890 and studied drawing and painting at the canton school in Lugano. From 1897 onward he was a student of Luigi Vassalli and eventually worked as his employee until 1908. From 1900-07 Belloni was art teacher and director at the Industrial School of Morcolti (Switzerland).
In 1908 he returned to Montevideo and joined the Círculo de Bellas Artes. After a while, Belloni traveled to Europe again and eventually studied at the Royal Academy in Munich and at the Scuola Libera in Rome from 1909-13. Back in Uruguay, he actively engaged in the Círculo de Bellas Artes, the University del Trabajo and the Facultad de Arquitectura.
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