José Belloni

José Leoncio Belloni (born September 12, 1882 in Montevideo , Uruguay , † November 28, 1965 ibid) was a Uruguayan sculptor .

Life

Born in Montevideo as the son of European immigrants, he first returned to Europe in 1890. There his family settled in Lugano , Switzerland . Belloni attended the local art school and was a student of Luis Vasseli . In 1899 he briefly returned to Uruguay. However, he soon enrolled at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich . Back in Europe, he took part in numerous exhibitions with his works. After completing his studies, he returned to his hometown of Montevideo. There he worked for the Comisión del Círculo Fomento de Bellas Artes until 1914, where he took over his position in 1914 after the death of the painter and director of the Círculo, Carlos María Herrera . As early as 1910, Belloni, who created a large number of works in the following years and was also a lecturer at the architecture faculty of the Universidad de la República , was awarded a silver medal at the Exposición de Arte del Centenario Argentino for his work Angustia . Many of his sculptures are now located in important squares and parks in the city of Montevideo. His ox wagon ( La Carreta ), created in 1919, is in Parque José Batlle y Ordóñez , while the stagecoach ( La diligencia ) from 1952 can now be found in Parque Prado . El Entrevero , created in the year of his death, forms the center of the Plaza Fabini , which is popularly known today as the Plaza del Entrevero , based on this sculpture consisting of intertwined riders on horseback fighting . In the Montevidean Barrio Maroñas , Avenida José Belloni is an important street named after him.

Belloni is the father of the sculptor Stelio Belloni .

Catalog raisonné

Its great monuments of historical reference are an important part of Uruguayan culture:

Catalog raisonné

plant	Surname	date	Location	country
	La carreta ( The Ox Cart )	1919	Parque Batlle y Ordóñez , Montevideo	Uruguay
	La música	1923		Uruguay
	Guillermo Tell	1931		Uruguay
	Ansina	1943	at the point where Avenidas 8 de Octubre and Italia meet , Tres Cruces	Uruguay
	Nuevos Rumbos	1948	Parque Rodó	Uruguay
	La diligencia ( the stagecoach )	1952	Parque Prado , Prado	Uruguay
	Dionisio Díaz	1953	Avenida Tenientes de Artigas / Bulevar Fructuoso del Puerto , Treinta y Tres	Uruguay
	El entrevero	1965	Plaza Fabini , Centro	Uruguay

Web links

• José Belloni (Spanish) at rau.edu.uy/uruguay/cultura/, accessed February 10, 2020.
• José Belloni (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti/dalle-origini-al-1900/

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Plásticos uruguayos, Volume 1 , p. 134
2. ↑ Avenida José Belloni ( Memento of the original from March 20, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) on maroñas.com, accessed February 21, 2012 
3. ↑ Cuadernos de marcha , editions 111-122, p. 75
4. ^ "Ansina" y un monumento con identidad equivocada (Spanish), accessed on February 21, 2012
5. ↑ Vándalos dejan a oscuras escultura  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Spanish) in El País on May 23, 2011, retrieved on February 21, 2012