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Pablo Emilio GargalloSpanish artist and sculptor
Date of Birth: 05.01.1881
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Biography of Pablo Emilio Gargallo
Early Life and EducationPablo Emilio Gargallo was born on January 5, 1881, in Maella, a small municipality in the province of Zaragoza, Spain. In 1888, when he was seven years old, Pablo and his family moved to Barcelona, Catalonia, where he began studying art. In Barcelona, he became a student of the renowned Spanish sculptor Eusebi Arnau and worked in his workshop.
Moving to Paris
Gargallo spent a significant part of his life in the Montparnasse Quarter in Paris, France, which, in the early 20th century, served as a haven for many artists, performers, and writers and acquired a reputation as the most creative place on Earth. In 1903, Gargallo settled in the artists' commune, Le Bateau-Lavoir, where he met and befriended the French artist and poet Max Jacob, his compatriot Juan Gris, and other struggling artists, including Pablo Picasso. Gargallo and Picasso developed a particularly strong friendship, with Picasso posing for Gargallo's sculpture of his head and exerting a significant influence on his artistic style.
Marriage and Later Life
The following year, Juan Gris, one of the founders of Cubism, introduced Gargallo to Magali Tartanson, whom Gargallo married in 1915. Gargallo suffered from pneumonia and passed away on December 28, 1934, at the age of 53, in Reus, Tarragona, the hometown of architect Antoni Gaudí. In 1985, the Pablo Gargallo Museum opened in Zaragoza, showcasing the works of one of the most important masters of Spanish avant-garde. Among his creations are numerous masks, including a mask of Greta Garbo. Gargallo also collaborated with Didac Masana on a grand arch located above the stage of the Palau de la Música Catalana, a renowned concert hall in Barcelona. The arch depicts the flight of the Valkyries from Richard Wagner's opera "Die Walküre."