José Belloni

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

Born in Montevideo, the son of European immigrants, he returned in 1890 initially to Europe. There, his family settled in Lugano, Switzerland. Belloni attended art school and was a student Luis Vasselis. 1899 was briefly his return to Uruguay. However, he wrote soon then at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Back in Europe, he took part in here with his works in numerous exhibitions. After completing his studies, his path led him back again to his home city of Montevideo. There he worked for the Comisión del Círculo de Bellas Artes Fomento to 1914, where he in 1914 after the death of the painter and director of the Círculo Carlos María Herrera, took over his position. In 1910, Belloni, who in the following years a number of works created and also also at the Faculty of Architecture of the Universidad de la República was a lecturer, excellent in Exposicià de Arte del Centenario Argentino for his work Angustia with a silver medal was. Many of his sculptures today have their location in major squares and parks of the city of Montevideo. Thus is his 1919 created oxcart (La Carreta ) José Batlle y Ordonez Parque, the stagecoach 1952 resulting (La diligencia ) is now the Parque Prado found. El Entrevero, created in the year of his death, is the center of the Plaza Fabini, which today is popularly called in accordance with these of intertwined, is located ends in a dispute existing riders on horseback sculpture Plaza del Entrevero. In montevideanischen Barrio Maroñas is named after him with the Avenida José Belloni an important road.

Belloni is the father of the sculptor Stelio Belloni.

List of Works

His great monuments historical reference are important part of Uruguayan culture: