Latin American Art Figurative Abstract Bronze Sculpture Lovers Marcelo Morandin

Dimensions: H: 18.0, W: 10.0, D: 5.75 IN

Marcelo Morandin 1933-1996

Untitled (Embracing Couple, Lovers)

Bronze 1988; ed. P/E;

Hand signed, dated and editioned to lower edge DImensions: 48.5 x 32 x 21 cm / 18.8 x 12.5 x 8.2 inches (approximately) PAREJA, Bronce, patinado

Marcelo Morandin (1933 - 1996) was active/lived in Argentina, Mexico.

Argentinian, Mexican Postwar & Contemporary sculptor Morandin is best known for his monumental sculpture. This is a wonderful, art deco inspired nude couple, the woman appears pregnant). Marcello Morandín (Marcelo Román Morandín Paroni) was born in 1933 in Argentina. He was an important plastic artist and Argentine architect, distinguished in Mexico for being an excellent sculptor and furniture designer. At the end of his studies at the Faculty of Architecture of Buenos Aires, Argentina, he traveled to Mexico and settled in Xalapa, Veracruz. In this city he was part of several artistic projects and noted for being one of the founders of the Department of Aesthetic Research and Applied Design at the University of Veracruz, as well as the Department of Aesthetic Research at UNAM. Between the years 80 and 90, he carried out several monumental works, among them "La pigeon de la paz" a project for the UN; "The foundation of Tenochtitlan" located in front of the Official Residence of Los Pinos; and "The Kinetic Tower" Of the government of Veracruz that combines the light and the sound with diverse moving parts to the compass of the music of Arnold Schoenberg. (Lily Kassner. Dictionary of Mexican sculptors of the twentieth century. Volume II. Mexico. Conaculta, 1997). Similar in style to Israeli artists Aharon Bezalel and Isaac Kahn. He has shown with Jose Villalobos,

Nicolas Moreno,

Pedro Cervantes,

Vicente Rojo,

Carmen Parra,

Abel Benitez,

Alberto Ramirez Jurado,

Ignacio Ortiz,

Armando Villagran,

Gabriel Macotela,

Wuero Ramos,

Victor Chaca,

Guillermo William Scully,

Arturo Estrada,

Shinzaburo Takeda,

Trinidad Osorio,

Guillermo Ceniceros, Xavier Esqueda,

Omar Manueco,

Alberto Castro Lenero. He was the teacher of Bruno Luna.

He has sold at Galeria Las Lieos, Mexico and Morton Subastas.