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ID: 500117187 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ulan/500117187			Record Type: Person

Fonseca, Gonzalo (Uruguayan sculptor, 1922-1997, active in France and United States)

Note: From 1939 to 1941, Fonseca studied architecture at the University of Montevideo and then joined the Torres-García Workshop, where he focused on mural painting. Fonseca lived in Paris in the early 1950s and later moved to New York after receiving a Guggenheim Fellowship. He has exhibited internationally and is best known for his stone sculptures.

Names:
	Fonseca, Gonzalo (preferred,V,index)
	Gonzalo Fonseca (V,display)

Nationalities:
	Uruguayan (preferred)
	South American

Roles:
	artist (preferred)
	painter
	sculptor
	muralist

Gender: male


Birth and Death Places:
	Born: Montevideo (Montevideo department, Uruguay) (inhabited place) Died: Seravezza (Lucca province, Tuscany, Italy) (inhabited place)

Events:

	active:		New York City (New York state, United States) (inhabited place)
	active:		ca. 1950 - ca. 1955 Paris (Île-de-France, France) (inhabited place)

Related People or Corporate Bodies:

member of ....	Taller Torres García
................	(Uruguayan artists group, active 1944-1963) [500117192]

student of ....	Torres-Garcia, Joaquin
..................	(Uruguayan painter and theorist, 1874-1949, active also in Spain and France) [500031259]

List/Hierarchical Position:

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Persons, Artists

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Fonseca, Gonzalo (I)

Biographies:


	(Uruguayan sculptor, 1922-1997, active in France and United States) ..... [VP Preferred] (Uruguayan sculptor, b.1922) ..... [BHA] (sculptor, born 1922) ..... [CL-Courtauld] (Mexican sculptor, 1922-1997) ..... [AVERY] (Uruguayan painter, 1922-1997) ..... [Grove Art] (artist, active 20th century) ..... [GRISC]

Additional Names:

Sources and Contributors:

Fonseca, Gonzalo ........	[AVERY Preferred, BHA Preferred, CL-Courtauld Preferred, GRISC Preferred, Grove Art Preferred, VP Preferred]
..................................	Avery Authority files (1963-)
..................................	Cash and Ebony, Obituaries, Art in America (September 1997) 129
..................................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
..................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
..................................	Latin American Artists in New York City since 1970, (1987). 54
..................................	Witt Library, Authority files

Gonzalo Fonseca ........	[AVERY, CL-Courtauld, GRISC, VP]
................................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
................................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
................................	Latin American Artists in New York City since 1970, (1987). 54

Subject: ........	[AVERY, BHA, CL-Courtauld, Gallery Systems, GRISC, Grove Art, VP]
....................	Arts 45/3 (1971)
....................	Cash and Ebony, Obituaries, Art in America (September 1997) 129
....................	Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n89223097
....................	Getty Vocabulary Program rules
....................	Grove Art artist database (1989-)
....................	Harald Szeemann papers, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2011-)
....................	Henry, ART INTERNATIONAL XV/2 (1971) 79
....................	Latin American Artists in New York City since 1970, (1987). 54
....................	LCNAF Library of Congress Name Authority File [n.d.]
....................	Library of Congress Authorities data (n.d.) LOC ID: n89223097
....................	Mennin, Gonzalo Fonseca, Arts Magazine (1986)
....................	MoMA, Library Catalog (1976)
....................	Witt Library, Authority files


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Latin American Artists in New York City since 1970, (1987). 54

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