BIRD. BRONZE, METAL. BARÓN MOLINA, FRANCISCO (MADRID, 1931-2006).

Bird. Bronze, metal. BARÓN MOLINA, Francisco (Madrid, 1931 – 2006). Signed (side and figure) and numbered (6/75). On a base of outstanding size (compared to that of the figure) a bronze piece is placed into which another is fitted. This pedestal has two sides engraved with figurative elements (a bird on a woman's head on the front; a male figure on the side, where the signature and justification or numbering have also been engraved). On the back, in the area of the base of the fixed figure, are the name of the author and, again, the numbering (6/75). Francisco Barón Molina was a sculptor and painter trained first at the San Fernando School of Fine Arts, where he had Laviada and Ortells as teachers, and later in London and New York thanks to several scholarships. In 1960 and 1961 he was recognized at the New England Art Festival (First Prize), and in 1965, two years after returning permanently to Spain, he participated in the New York International Fair and obtained a scholarship from the March Foundation. Throughout his career Barón showed his work throughout Spain, as well as in Europe, Latin America, the United States and Africa, and was awarded the Valladolid Sculpture Prize (1983), the Art and Culture Prize of the Museum of Contemporary Art of Madrid (1965), the gold medal at the Exhibition of Minipaintings at the Círculo 2 gallery in Madrid and the Mojácar Prize. His work is preserved in private collections and in institutions such as the Alcalá de Henares Open Air Sculpture Museum. Weight: 400 grams.

· Size: 10x10x19 cms