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'''Jeronimo Suñol y Pujol''' ([[Barcelona]] 1840 - [[Madrid]] 16 October 1902) was a Spanish sculptor whose early training was in the atelier of Agapit and Venanci Vallmitjana, perfecting his art at [[Rome]] where he maintained a studio for many years. Never prolific, he was among the front rank of Spanish sculptors of his generation, moving sculpture by his example away from [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] abstractions towards realistic depictions.
[[File:1882-Jeronimo-Suñol-escultor.jpg|thumb|200px|Jeronimo Suñol, ''[[La Ilustración Española y Americana]]'', 22 June 1882]]
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'''Jeronimo Suñol y Pujol''' (13 December 1839–16 October 1902<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.esculturaurbana.com/paginas/sunj.htm |title=Jerónimo Suñol y Pujol |work=esculturaurbana.com |year=2008 |access-date=30 July 2013}}</ref>) was a Spanish sculptor born in [[Barcelona]]. His early training was in the [[atelier]] of [[Agapit Vallmitjana i Barbany|Agapit]] and {{ill|Venanci Vallmitjana|ca}}, perfecting his art at [[Rome]] where he maintained a studio for many years. Never prolific, he was among the front rank of Spanish sculptors of his generation, moving sculpture by his example away from [[Neoclassicism|neoclassical]] abstractions towards realistic depictions. He died in [[Madrid]].


==Major works==
==Major works==
[[File:(Barcelona) Retrat de l'escultor Jeroni Suñol - Museu Nacional d'Art de Catalunya.jpg|thumb|left|Portrait of Jeroni Suñol (c. 1864) by [[Marià Fortuny]]]]
[[Image:Monumento al Marqués de Salamanca cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid]]
[[File:Monumento al Marqués de Salamanca cropped.jpg|thumb|200px|Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid, 1902]]
*''Dante'' 1864 The major work that established his reputation shows the poet seated, lost in thought. The full-sized plaster model received a second-class medal at the exposition of 1864 in Madrid. Suñol showed it in in Paris, 1869 and kept a marble in his studio in Rome, where he repeated it for several collectors. It was cast in bronze for Barcelona, 1901.
*''Dante'' (1864). The major work that established his reputation shows [[Dante Alighieri|the poet]] seated, lost in thought. The full-sized plaster model received a second-class medal at the exposition of 1864 in Madrid. Suñol showed it in Paris in 1869 and kept a marble in his studio in Rome, where he repeated it for several collectors. It was cast in bronze for Barcelona in 1901.
*''Himeneo'' (1866) A nude of [[Hymenaios|Hymenaeus]], the god of weddings.
*''Himeneo'' (1866). A nude of [[Hymenaios|Hymenaeus]], the god of weddings.
*''Petrarca''
*''[[Petrarch|Petrarca]]'' (1867)
*''O'Donnell Monument'' in the [[Convent of the Salesas Reales]]. The funeral monument of General Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris, Count of Lucena and Duque of Tetuan.
* '' Alvarez de Castro Monument (1880). The funeral monument of General Mariano Alvarez de Castro.
*''O'Donnell Monument'' (1870). The funeral monument of General [[Leopoldo O'Donnell, 1st Duke of Tetuan|Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris]], Count of Lucena and Duque of Tetuan in the [[Convent of the Salesas Reales]].
*''Alvarez de Castro Monument'' (1880). The funeral monument of General [[Mariano Álvarez de Castro]].
*''Columbus'' monument, 1886. A replica of 1894 is in [[List of sculptures in Central Park|Central Park]], New York.
* Statue of the ''[[Monument to Columbus (Madrid)|Columbus monument]]'' (1886). A [[Statue of Christopher Columbus (Central Park)|1892 replica]] is in [[Central Park]], New York.
*''Saint Peter'' and ''Saint Paul'' in the [[Basilica of San Francisco el Grande (Madrid)]].
*''Saint Peter'' and ''Saint Paul'' in the [[San Francisco el Grande Basilica, Madrid|Basilica of San Francisco el Grande]] in Madrid.
*''Marqués de Salamanca'' An informal portrait of uncompromising realism, for a public monument. Suñol's last work, it is in Salamanca Square, Madrid.
*''[[Marqués de Salamanca]]'' (1902). An informal portrait of uncompromising realism, for a public monument. Suñol's last work, it is in the Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid.

==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
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{{Commons category|Jerónimo Suñol}}
* {{cite encyclopedia |url=http://www.museodelprado.es/enciclopedia/enciclopedia-on-line/voz/sunol-jeronimo-de/ |title=Jerónimo de Suñol |encyclopedia=[[Museo del Prado]] online encyclopaedia |language=es}}
*[http://www.jeronimosunol.net/ Jeronimo Suñol y Pujol]
* {{cite web|url=http://www.jeronimosunol.net/ |title=Escultor D. Jerónimo Suñol |work=jeronimosunol.net |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071008062915/http://www.jeronimosunol.net/ |archive-date=2007-10-08 }}

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Latest revision as of 12:39, 6 August 2024

Jeronimo Suñol, La Ilustración Española y Americana, 22 June 1882

Jeronimo Suñol y Pujol (13 December 1839–16 October 1902[1]) was a Spanish sculptor born in Barcelona. His early training was in the atelier of Agapit and Venanci Vallmitjana [ca], perfecting his art at Rome where he maintained a studio for many years. Never prolific, he was among the front rank of Spanish sculptors of his generation, moving sculpture by his example away from neoclassical abstractions towards realistic depictions. He died in Madrid.

Major works

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Portrait of Jeroni Suñol (c. 1864) by Marià Fortuny
Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid, 1902
  • Dante (1864). The major work that established his reputation shows the poet seated, lost in thought. The full-sized plaster model received a second-class medal at the exposition of 1864 in Madrid. Suñol showed it in Paris in 1869 and kept a marble in his studio in Rome, where he repeated it for several collectors. It was cast in bronze for Barcelona in 1901.
  • Himeneo (1866). A nude of Hymenaeus, the god of weddings.
  • Petrarca (1867)
  • O'Donnell Monument (1870). The funeral monument of General Leopoldo O'Donnell y Joris, Count of Lucena and Duque of Tetuan in the Convent of the Salesas Reales.
  • Alvarez de Castro Monument (1880). The funeral monument of General Mariano Álvarez de Castro.
  • Statue of the Columbus monument (1886). A 1892 replica is in Central Park, New York.
  • Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the Basilica of San Francisco el Grande in Madrid.
  • Marqués de Salamanca (1902). An informal portrait of uncompromising realism, for a public monument. Suñol's last work, it is in the Plaza del Marqués de Salamanca, Madrid.

References

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  1. ^ "Jerónimo Suñol y Pujol". esculturaurbana.com. 2008. Retrieved 30 July 2013.
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