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Emile GILIOLI
(1911-1977)

Biography

Born in Paris into a family of Italian shoemakers, Emile Gilioli was a leading figure in post-war abstract sculpture. He spent his childhood in Italy where he learned the art of blacksmithing before joining his father in Nice to train as a sculptor. In 1931 he entered the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Mobilised in 1939, he left to settle in Grenoble where he was strongly influenced by his various encounters which pushed him to break with academicism and move towards a simplification of forms. This break was confirmed…

Born in Paris into a family of Italian shoemakers, Emile Gilioli was a leading figure in post-war abstract sculpture. He spent his childhood in Italy where he learned the art of blacksmithing before joining his father in Nice to train as a sculptor. In 1931 he entered the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris.

Mobilised in 1939, he left to settle in Grenoble where he was strongly influenced by his various encounters which pushed him to break with academicism and move towards a simplification of forms. This break was confirmed when he returned to Paris in 1945. He then moved towards a non-figurative art alongside Vasarely, Brancusi, Deyrolle and Poliakoff. He participated in numerous artistic events in the Denise René, Louis Carré and Dina Vierny galleries, as well as in the Salon des Réalités Nouvelles and the Salon de Mai. He was also a founding member of the Salon de la Jeune Sculpture and vice-president of the Espace group with André Bloc, Fernand Léger and Le Corbusier.

Emile Gilioli was commissioned for numerous public works, including the National Monument to the Resistance on the Plateau des Glières (1973). His work focuses on the construction of pure lines through various materials such as bronze, granite, marble or steel. He also creates numerous collages, reliefs, tapestries, engravings, paintings, drawings, stained glass and mosaics. His sculptures rise in space like real architectures and express a strong spatial dynamic through their sober and pure silhouette, which is also found in his graphic work.

“Marked by spiritualist and purist tendencies of abstract art, […], Gilioli will nevertheless oscillate in his work between the rigour of the sign and the serene sensuality of forms where angle and curve marry.” Michel Ragon

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Couturier, Maillol, Léger & Gilioli at Lucas Ratton Gallery

Summer 2023

We are delighted to be taking part in the summer exhibition at the Galerie Lucas Ratton in Saint-Tropez. Directed by interior designer Sandra Benhamou...

Selection of solo exhibitions

2022

Gilioli, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (February 8 – March 26)

2019

Gilioli, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January 27 – March 27)

2014

Tapisseries et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January 7 – March 9)

1999

Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (June 9 – July 20)

1998

Gilioli, Fondation de Coubertin, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (September 9 – November 15)

1997

Tapisseries, Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol, Paris

1996

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September)

1994

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January)

1992

Rétrospective, Campredon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (June 6 – October 18)

1991

Dessins et sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (May 31 – July 20)

1988

Peintures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (December 8 – January 31, 1989)

Gilioli, sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Fondation Hébert d’Uckermann, La Tronche – Grenoble

1985

Gilioli, Museo civico palazzo Te, Mantua

1983

Dessins, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem (May 28 – July 20)

1982

Gilioli, Artcurial, Paris (October – November)

1981

Sculptures, tapisseries, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas

Sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem (October 24 – December 19)

1979

Gilioli, sculptures, Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne, Paris (June 6 – September 3)

1978

Hommage à Gilioli, Musée de peinture et de sculpture Annecy, Grenoble (September 15 – November 14)

1977

Hommage posthume à Émile Gilioli, Fondation Veranneman, Kruisthoutem

1970

Sculptures, tapisseries, Musée du Périgord, Périgueux (June 6 – 20)

1969

Exposition rétrospective 1929-1969, Musée des Beaux-Arts – Maison de la Culture, Grenoble (September 20 – November 16)

1968

Gilioli, Palais Galliera, Paris (May 15 – June 9)

1962

Sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (June 13 – July 13)

1958

Sculptures, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris

1955

Sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Galerie Denise René, Paris

1951

Sculptures, Galerie de Beaune, Paris

1950

Sculptures, dessins et tapisseries, Galerie Reppelin-Perriot, Grenoble

1943

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Comte, Grenoble

1941

Sculpture et dessins, Galerie Laforge, Grenoble

Selection of collective exhibitions

2022

Modernités Cosmiques, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence (June 18 – October 16)

2020

Gilioli – Poliakoff, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (April 8 – July 4)

2011

Le Nu et le Portrait – Asses and Faces, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September 13 – November 2)

2008

Photos, peinture, sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (December 2 – January 31, 2009)

1996

Face à l’histoire 1933-1996. L’artiste moderne devant l’événement historique, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (December 16 – April 7, 1997)

1981

Paris-Paris 1937-1957. Création en France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (May 28 – November 2)

1977

Exempla 1977, Handwerk und Kirche, Munich

1975

Première Biennale française de la tapisserie, Palais de l’Europe (July – September)

Art et architecture dans la France d’aujourd’hui, Hotel de Ville, Alger (April)

1974

Bijoux de sculpteurs, Musée Fabre, Montpellier (October – November)

Escultura francesa contemporanea, Museo de Arte Moderno

1972

Tapisseries contemporaines, Maison de la culture, Reims (September – October)

1970

International exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Carnegie Institute Museum, Pittsburgh

La tapisserie de Matisse à Mathieu, Mobilier National, Aix-en-Provence

1967

Sculpture 1947-1967, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble (June – August)

1964

Formes Humaines, 1ere Biennale Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris (April 29 – June 1^st)

1963

Art contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris (May 22 – June 3^rd)

1962

Modern Sculpture from the J. Hirschhorn Collection, The S.R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (October 3 – January 6, 1963)

1960

Sculpture contemporaine, Musée Cantini, Marseille (March 8 – April 25)

1959

Seconda Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara

1958

Collecting Modern Art, paintings, sculptures, drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston, Detroit ; Richmond ; San Francisco ; Milwaukee

1956

Art from France, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco ; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles

Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris (June 22 – September 30)

Festival de l’Art d’Avant-garde, Cité Radieuse, Marseille (August 4 – 14)

1954

Artistas de Vanguardia da Escola de Paris, Museo de Arte Moderno, Madrid

1953

International Sculpture Competition: The Unknown Political Prisoner, Tate Gallery, London (March – April)

1952

Le Génie de Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

1949

La Sculpture en France de Rodin à nos jours, Maison de la Pensée Française, Paris

L’art européen du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Musée de Zurich (July 10 – October 2)

1948

Sculptures et peintures contemporaines, Galerie Denise René, Paris (January 3^rd – February 6)

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Biography

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Couturier, Maillol, Léger & Gilioli at Lucas Ratton Saint-Tropez

Summer 2023

Solo exhibitions

2022

Gilioli, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (February 8 – March 26)

2019

Gilioli, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January 27 – March 27)

2014

Tapisseries et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January 7 – March 9)

1999

Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (June 9 – July 20)

1998

Gilioli, Fondation de Coubertin, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (September 9 – November 15)

1997

Tapisseries, Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol, Paris

1996

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September)

1994

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January)

1992

Rétrospective, Campredon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (June 6 – October 18)

1991

Dessins et sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (May 31 – July 20)

1988

Peintures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (December 8 – January 31, 1989)

Gilioli, sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Fondation Hébert d’Uckermann, La Tronche – Grenoble

1985

Gilioli, Museo civico palazzo Te, Mantua

1983

Dessins, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem (May 28 – July 20)

1982

Gilioli, Artcurial, Paris (October – November)

1981

Sculptures, tapisseries, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas

Sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem (October 24 – December 19)

1979

Gilioli, sculptures, Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne, Paris (June 6 – September 3)

1978

Hommage à Gilioli, Musée de peinture et de sculpture Annecy, Grenoble (September 15 – November 14)

1977

Hommage posthume à Émile Gilioli, Fondation Veranneman, Kruisthoutem

1970

Sculptures, tapisseries, Musée du Périgord, Périgueux (June 6 – 20)

1969

Exposition rétrospective 1929-1969, Musée des Beaux-Arts – Maison de la Culture, Grenoble (September 20 – November 16)

1968

Gilioli, Palais Galliera, Paris (May 15 – June 9)

1962

Sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (June 13 – July 13)

1958

Sculptures, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris

1955

Sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Galerie Denise René, Paris

1951

Sculptures, Galerie de Beaune, Paris

1950

Sculptures, dessins et tapisseries, Galerie Reppelin-Perriot, Grenoble

1943

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Comte, Grenoble

1941

Sculpture et dessins, Galerie Laforge, Grenoble

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collective exhibitions

2022

Modernités Cosmiques, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence (June 18 – October 16)

2020

Gilioli – Poliakoff, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (April 8 – July 4)

2011

Le Nu et le Portrait – Asses and Faces, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September 13 – November 2)

2008

Photos, peinture, sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (December 2 – January 31, 2009)

1996

Face à l’histoire 1933-1996. L’artiste moderne devant l’événement historique, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (December 16 – April 7, 1997)

1981

Paris-Paris 1937-1957. Création en France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (May 28 – November 2)

1977

Exempla 1977, Handwerk und Kirche, Munich

1975

Première Biennale française de la tapisserie, Palais de l’Europe (July – September)

Art et architecture dans la France d’aujourd’hui, Hotel de Ville, Alger (April)

1974

Bijoux de sculpteurs, Musée Fabre, Montpellier (October – November)

Escultura francesa contemporanea, Museo de Arte Moderno

1972

Tapisseries contemporaines, Maison de la culture, Reims (September – October)

1970

International exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Carnegie Institute Museum, Pittsburgh

La tapisserie de Matisse à Mathieu, Mobilier National, Aix-en-Provence

1967

Sculpture 1947-1967, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble (June – August)

1964

Formes Humaines, 1ere Biennale Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris (April 29 – June 1^st)

1963

Art contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris (May 22 – June 3^rd)

1962

Modern Sculpture from the J. Hirschhorn Collection, The S.R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (October 3 – January 6, 1963)

1960

Sculpture contemporaine, Musée Cantini, Marseille (March 8 – April 25)

1959

Seconda Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara

1958

Collecting Modern Art, paintings, sculptures, drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston, Detroit ; Richmond ; San Francisco ; Milwaukee

1956

Art from France, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco ; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles

Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris (June 22 – September 30)

Festival de l’Art d’Avant-garde, Cité Radieuse, Marseille (August 4 – 14)

1954

Artistas de Vanguardia da Escola de Paris, Museo de Arte Moderno, Madrid

1953

International Sculpture Competition: The Unknown Political Prisoner, Tate Gallery, London (March – April)

1952

Le Génie de Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

1949

La Sculpture en France de Rodin à nos jours, Maison de la Pensée Française, Paris

L’art européen du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Musée de Zurich (July 10 – October 2)

1948

Sculptures et peintures contemporaines, Galerie Denise René, Paris (January 3^rd – February 6)

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Born in Paris into a family of Italian shoemakers, Emile Gilioli was a leading figure in post-war abstract sculpture. He spent his childhood in Italy where he learned the art of blacksmithing before joining his father in Nice to train as a sculptor. In 1931 he entered the Ecole Nationale des Beaux-Arts in Paris. Mobilised in 1939, he left to settle in Grenoble where he was strongly influenced by his various encounters which pushed him to break with academicism and move towards a simplification of forms. This break was confirmed…

NEWS

Outside the walls

Couturier, Maillol, Léger & Gilioli at Lucas Ratton Gallery

Summer 2023

We are delighted to be taking part in the summer exhibition at the Galerie Lucas Ratton in Saint-Tropez. Directed by interior designer Sandra Benhamou, the exhibition combines tribal art, design and modern and contemporary art. The exhibition feature...

Solo exhibitions

2022

Gilioli, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (February 8 – March 26)

2019

Gilioli, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January 27 – March 27)

2014

Tapisseries et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January 7 – March 9)

1999

Œuvres sur papier, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (June 9 – July 20)

1998

Gilioli, Fondation de Coubertin, Saint-Rémy-lès-Chevreuse (September 9 – November 15)

1997

Tapisseries, Fondation Dina Vierny – Musée Maillol, Paris

1996

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September)

1994

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (January)

1992

Rétrospective, Campredon, L’Isle-sur-la-Sorgue (June 6 – October 18)

1991

Dessins et sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (May 31 – July 20)

1988

Peintures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (December 8 – January 31, 1989)

Gilioli, sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Fondation Hébert d’Uckermann, La Tronche – Grenoble

1985

Gilioli, Museo civico palazzo Te, Mantua

1983

Dessins, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem (May 28 – July 20)

1982

Gilioli, Artcurial, Paris (October – November)

1981

Sculptures, tapisseries, Museo de Bellas Artes, Caracas

Sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Fondation Veranneman, Kruishoutem (October 24 – December 19)

1979

Gilioli, sculptures, Centre Georges Pompidou – Musée national d’art moderne, Paris (June 6 – September 3)

1978

Hommage à Gilioli, Musée de peinture et de sculpture Annecy, Grenoble (September 15 – November 14)

1977

Hommage posthume à Émile Gilioli, Fondation Veranneman, Kruisthoutem

1970

Sculptures, tapisseries, Musée du Périgord, Périgueux (June 6 – 20)

1969

Exposition rétrospective 1929-1969, Musée des Beaux-Arts – Maison de la Culture, Grenoble (September 20 – November 16)

1968

Gilioli, Palais Galliera, Paris (May 15 – June 9)

1962

Sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (June 13 – July 13)

1958

Sculptures, Galerie Louis Carré, Paris

1955

Sculptures, dessins, tapisseries, Galerie Denise René, Paris

1951

Sculptures, Galerie de Beaune, Paris

1950

Sculptures, dessins et tapisseries, Galerie Reppelin-Perriot, Grenoble

1943

Sculptures et dessins, Galerie Comte, Grenoble

1941

Sculpture et dessins, Galerie Laforge, Grenoble

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Collective exhibitions

2022

Modernités Cosmiques, Fondation Vasarely, Aix-en-Provence (June 18 – October 16)

2020

Gilioli – Poliakoff, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (April 8 – July 4)

2011

Le Nu et le Portrait – Asses and Faces, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (September 13 – November 2)

2008

Photos, peinture, sculptures, Galerie Dina Vierny, Paris (December 2 – January 31, 2009)

1996

Face à l’histoire 1933-1996. L’artiste moderne devant l’événement historique, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (December 16 – April 7, 1997)

1981

Paris-Paris 1937-1957. Création en France, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris (May 28 – November 2)

1977

Exempla 1977, Handwerk und Kirche, Munich

1975

Première Biennale française de la tapisserie, Palais de l’Europe (July – September)

Art et architecture dans la France d’aujourd’hui, Hotel de Ville, Alger (April)

1974

Bijoux de sculpteurs, Musée Fabre, Montpellier (October – November)

Escultura francesa contemporanea, Museo de Arte Moderno

1972

Tapisseries contemporaines, Maison de la culture, Reims (September – October)

1970

International exhibition of paintings and sculptures, Carnegie Institute Museum, Pittsburgh

La tapisserie de Matisse à Mathieu, Mobilier National, Aix-en-Provence

1967

Sculpture 1947-1967, Musée de Peinture et de Sculpture, Grenoble (June – August)

1964

Formes Humaines, 1ere Biennale Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris (April 29 – June 1^st)

1963

Art contemporain, Grand Palais, Paris (May 22 – June 3^rd)

1962

Modern Sculpture from the J. Hirschhorn Collection, The S.R. Guggenheim Museum, New York (October 3 – January 6, 1963)

1960

Sculpture contemporaine, Musée Cantini, Marseille (March 8 – April 25)

1959

Seconda Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara, Carrara

1958

Collecting Modern Art, paintings, sculptures, drawings from the collection of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis Winston, Detroit ; Richmond ; San Francisco ; Milwaukee

1956

Art from France, San Francisco Museum of Art, San Francisco ; Los Angeles County Museum, Los Angeles

Exposition Internationale de Sculpture Contemporaine, Musée Rodin, Paris (June 22 – September 30)

Festival de l’Art d’Avant-garde, Cité Radieuse, Marseille (August 4 – 14)

1954

Artistas de Vanguardia da Escola de Paris, Museo de Arte Moderno, Madrid

1953

International Sculpture Competition: The Unknown Political Prisoner, Tate Gallery, London (March – April)

1952

Le Génie de Paris, Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris

1949

La Sculpture en France de Rodin à nos jours, Maison de la Pensée Française, Paris

L’art européen du Moyen Âge à nos jours, Musée de Zurich (July 10 – October 2)

1948

Sculptures et peintures contemporaines, Galerie Denise René, Paris (January 3^rd – February 6)

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Couturier, Maillol, Léger & Gilioli at Lucas Ratton Gallery

We are delighted to be taking part in the summer exhibition at the Galerie Lucas Ratton in Saint-Tropez. Directed by interior designer Sandra Benhamou...

EXHIBITIONS

Selection of solo exhibitions

2022

2019

2014

1999

1998

1997

1996

1994

1992

1991

1988

1985

1983

1982

1981

1979

1978

1977

1970

1969

1968

1962

1958

1955

1951

1950

1943

1941

Selection of collective exhibitions

2022

2020

2011

2008

1996

1981

1977

1975

1974

1972

1970

1967

1964

1963

1962

1960

1959

1958

1956

1954

1953

1952

1949

1948

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Biography

ARTWORKS

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Couturier, Maillol, Léger & Gilioli at Lucas Ratton Saint-Tropez

Summer 2023

EXHIBITIONS

Solo exhibitions

2022

2019

2014

1999

1998