{"id":49479,"date":"2026-03-25T07:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-25T06:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/exposicio\/maillol-manolo-lescultura-pura\/"},"modified":"2026-04-17T11:44:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T09:44:52","slug":"maillol-manolo-lescultura-pura","status":"publish","type":"exposicio","link":"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/exposicio\/maillol-manolo-lescultura-pura\/","title":{"rendered":"Maillol \/ Manolo."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>\u201cMaillol, originally from Banyuls, is one of the most sincere artists of our time and one of the greatest sculptors of our era.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-right\">Manolo Hugu\u00e9 (quoted by Josep Pla,&nbsp;<em><strong>Life of Manolo<\/strong><\/em>, 1929)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-49473 size-large has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/250909_14-1-1024x1024.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#7d827e\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>To \u00c0lex Susanna<\/strong>, <em>in memoriam<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition we present, organized in collaboration with the <strong>Dina Vierny Gallery<\/strong> in Paris and <strong>Leandro Navarro<\/strong> <strong>Gallery <\/strong>in Madrid, stems from our commitment to our mutual friend \u00c0lex Susanna, who wished to<strong> bring together these two artists\u2014Aristide Maillol and Manolo Hugu\u00e9\u2014in a single show<\/strong>, the subject of his study throughout his career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition features a <strong>selection of sculptures<\/strong> by each artist, accompanied by a <strong>small group of drawings<\/strong>, and highlights the <strong>creativity of two pioneering figures within the context of the avant-garde movements.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover is-light has-parallax\" style=\"min-height:100vh;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><div class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-49462 size-large has-parallax\" style=\"background-position:50% 50%;background-image:url(https:\/\/arturamon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Manolo_Femme_Assise-24-Marzo-1024x1024.jpg)\"><\/div><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim\" style=\"background-color:#8c8a8a\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-large-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>During the <strong>First World War<\/strong>, they were in the<strong> Eastern Pyrenees\u2014Banyuls and C\u00e9ret\u2014a temporary hub of the avant-garde<\/strong>, visited by Picasso, Braque, and Max Jacob. Despite modern ruptures, they upheld<strong> an essential, Mediterranean sculpture, with solid volumes, purified forms, and an absence of artifice<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>female body<\/strong> symbolizes harmony and permanence: sensual and robust in Maillol, essential and archaic in Manolo. Together, they forge<strong> an alternative within modernity<\/strong>\u2014a pure sculpture that, amid the crisis of its time, affirms the <strong>permanence of form<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<script>var is_masonry=false;<\/script>        <div class=\" llistat coeli-list-group\">\n            <div class=\"coeli-list-results  coeli-list-agrupacions coeli-agrupacio-49406\"\n                 id=\"coeli-list-results-49406\" tabindex=\"0\">\n                <div class=\"coeli-result-list-container\">\n                    <ul class=\"coeli-result-list coeli-mode-list grid s6  \"\n                        id=\"coeli-ul-agrupacio-49406\">\n                        <li class=\"coeli-grid-sizer\" tabindex=\"-1\"><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"estudi-per-lescultura-un-eixugant-se-aa4c\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/8e57af04-60e6-4bcd-a2d8-0428416d34f4\" data-id=\"8e57af04-60e6-4bcd-a2d8-0428416d34f4\" tabindex=\"0\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/estudi-per-lescultura-un-eixugant-se-aa4c\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Study for the sculpture of a figure drying herself\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/8e57af04-60e6-4bcd-a2d8-0428416d34f4\/e9ded15d22c453c4cea6577a605ae611\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Manolo Hugu\u00e9<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Study for the sculpture of a figure drying herself<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1923<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"nu-debout-de-dos\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/24cbce76-f1df-45c2-a202-44666bb3938e\" data-id=\"24cbce76-f1df-45c2-a202-44666bb3938e\" tabindex=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/nu-debout-de-dos\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Standing nude seen from the back\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/24cbce76-f1df-45c2-a202-44666bb3938e\/fe3c9e546aed17f08f7c64342d574e47\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Aristide Maillol<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Standing nude seen from the back<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1930<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"retrat-de-pierre-saque\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/543125\" data-id=\"543125\" tabindex=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/retrat-de-pierre-saque\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Portrait of Pierre Saque\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/543125\/e5fa09128b6ec8dc0532a13023355a1e\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Manolo Hugu\u00e9<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Portrait of Pierre Saque<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"le-guerrier-mourant-7cd9\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/a4474871-ee30-40f9-80e1-8fd4e8391ba3\" data-id=\"a4474871-ee30-40f9-80e1-8fd4e8391ba3\" tabindex=\"3\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/le-guerrier-mourant-7cd9\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Small dressed thinker\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/a4474871-ee30-40f9-80e1-8fd4e8391ba3\/00faf3cd6c10f8fac26f350621a17434\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Aristide Maillol<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Small dressed thinker<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1902<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"le-guerrier-mourant-65e1\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/985d652d-56ae-421d-a355-5bb9572573c1\" data-id=\"985d652d-56ae-421d-a355-5bb9572573c1\" tabindex=\"4\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/le-guerrier-mourant-65e1\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Couple o The Man and the Woman\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/985d652d-56ae-421d-a355-5bb9572573c1\/6abc73226341f8a58c10795eafff5c39\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Aristide Maillol<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">The Couple o The Man and the Woman<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1896<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"le-guerrier-mourant\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/bd167568-f626-41f7-93a9-a5a69ff9d06b\" data-id=\"bd167568-f626-41f7-93a9-a5a69ff9d06b\" tabindex=\"5\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/le-guerrier-mourant\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Dying Warrior\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/bd167568-f626-41f7-93a9-a5a69ff9d06b\/ecf4dcaaf32d92161a9902f3fb15ac57\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Aristide Maillol<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">The Dying Warrior<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">c. 1925<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"estudis-c28d\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/553244\" data-id=\"553244\" tabindex=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/estudis-c28d\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Studies\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/553244\/3cfb5add447502fb65ac46dfa7b30547\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Manolo Hugu\u00e9<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Studies<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">Ceret, 1909 &#8211; 1914<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"dos-mujeres\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/7c53f110-aa8b-4c6a-8009-b51caa835460\" data-id=\"7c53f110-aa8b-4c6a-8009-b51caa835460\" tabindex=\"7\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/dos-mujeres\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Two women \" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/7c53f110-aa8b-4c6a-8009-b51caa835460\/4b2d56f3ae544b93ba662f8283700819\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Manolo Hugu\u00e9<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">Two women <\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1929<\/p><\/a><\/li><li class=\"grid-item  coeli-heritageobject\" id=\"les-porteuses-deau-1898\"  data-href=\"\/coeli\/AR\/HeritageObject\/35b2b665-288c-4f7d-8c65-b311989bfce6\" data-id=\"35b2b665-288c-4f7d-8c65-b311989bfce6\" tabindex=\"8\"><a href=\"https:\/\/arturamon.com\/en\/obra\/les-porteuses-deau-1898\/\"><figure class=\"image portraitmedia-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Water Carriers\" src=\"https:\/\/d19e8r2uszbscg.cloudfront.net\/public\/HeritageObject\/35b2b665-288c-4f7d-8c65-b311989bfce6\/fd225c3383a6beaa2c13e645ffab3874\/full\/large\/0\/default.jpg\"><\/figure><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-authornameinlistings\">Aristide Maillol<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-title\">The Water Carriers<\/p><p class=\"coeli-generaldata-creationdate\">1898<\/p><\/a><\/li>                    <\/ul>\n                <\/div>\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"core\/file\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!state.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" 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