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Jose belloni biography

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          José Belloni was a Uruguayan sculptor of the Realist school.

        1. José Belloni was a Uruguayan sculptor of the Realist school.
        2. Jose Leoncio Belloni ( - ) was active/lived in Uruguay.
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        4. Jose Belloni was a Uruguayan sculptor who was born in Jose Belloni's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging.
        5. The sculptor Belloni was born in in Montevideo in Uruguay, from a Spanish mother and a father born in Lugano, who had emigrated to Montevideo in search.

          6. José Belloni

          Uruguayan sculptor

          José Belloni (September 12, 1882 – November 28, 1965) was a Uruguayansculptor of the Realist school.

          Biography

          José Belloni was born in Montevideo, in 1882; his father was Swiss from Ticino, and his mother Basque from Spain.

          His family returned to Europe in 1890, however, and the Bellonis settled in Lugano, Switzerland. He took an early interest in sculpture, and was mentored by Luis Vasseli, earning a scholarship that briefly took him to Uruguay, in 1899.

          He later enrolled in the Munich Academy, and participated in numerous exhibitions throughout Europe.[1]

          Returning to Uruguay, Belloni became an instructor in the Committee for the Encouragement of Fine Arts, and in 1914, he was picked to succeed painter Carlos María Herrera as director of the institution.

          Belloni created a sculpture in homage to his recently deceased predecessor, and its unveiling later that year in Montevideo's Paseo del Prado created a demand for his works a