Francisco Asorey

In this Galician name, the first surname is Asorey and the second is González.

Francisco Asorey
File:Francisco Asorey 1914.png 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
  Asorey's birth house in Cambados, Spain
• Cabanelas monument, Pontevedra, Spain
  Cabanelas monument, Pontevedra, Spain
• Portrait of the violinist Manuel Quiroga, Pontevedra, Spain
  Portrait of the violinist Manuel Quiroga, Pontevedra, Spain
• Statue of Columbus, part of the Monument to Cuba,[1] in El Retiro, Madrid
  Statue of Columbus, part of the Monument to Cuba, in El Retiro, Madrid

Sources

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