Paco Durrio
Francisco Durrio de Madrón, known as Paco Durrio (22 May 1868,
Life and work
His father was a basket maker from France and the family name was originally "Durrieu".[2] He received his initial training in Bilbao, then went to Madrid in 1881, where he trained with the sculptor, Justo de Gandarias. In 1888, he moved to Paris; joining a group of artists centered around Paul Gauguin and, from 1893 to 1895, sharing a studio with him. During this time, he was largely involved with ceramics.
His first solo exhibit took place in 1896 and, in 1900, he participated in a major Modernist exhibition in Bilbao. In 1901, he moved into a studio in Montmartre, which was taken over by Pablo Picasso in 1904. That year, he built his own home nearby and installed a huge ceramic kiln. He would live there until 1939. He helped Picasso create his first ceramic works in 1905.[3]
After 1905, he began work on a memorial to the composer,
He died poor and almost forgotten in a Paris hospital. In 1945, after the war, a major retrospective was held at the
References
- Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao
- ^ a b Paco: El mejor amigo de otros artistas Archived 2014-09-03 at the Wayback Machine @ Modernismo98y14
- ISBN 978-2-84426-323-0
Further reading
- Kosme de Barañano, Tomás Llorens: Francisco Durrio y ISBN 84-8026-077-7
- Maria Amezaga Massalleras: Paco Durrio: viviendo en París (Bilbainos Recuperados series). Muelle De Uribitarte Editores, Bilbao 2013, ISBN 978-84-939946-6-2
- Javier González de Durana, Miriam Alzuri, María Amezaga: Francisco Durrio (1868–1940). Sobre las huellas de Gauguin, Exhibition catalog. Museo de Bellas Artes de Bilbao, Bilbao 2013, ISBN 978-84-96763-43-2
External links
- More works by Durrio @ Euskadi
- More works by Durrio @ ArtNet
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