The Sala Noble of the Palacio de Villalón hosts 25 paintings and drawings and a sculpture by Julio González loaned by the Museo Reina Sofía, on the 150th anniversary of his birth. The exhibition can be visited until January 17, 2027.
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Photo: Comunicación Ciudad de Málaga
The Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga brings together in the Sala Noble of the Palacio de Villalón a selection of the work of Julio González (Barcelona, 1876 – Arcueil, France, 1942) focused on his work as a painter and draughtsman, the artist's least known side. The exhibition, titled «Julio González, pintor y dibujante», can be visited until January 17, 2027 and is part of the 150th anniversary of his birth.
25 pieces and a sculpture
The exhibition consists of 25 works: 11 paintings and 14 drawings, plus a sculpture, «Daphné» (1937), as evidence of the discipline that brought him international fame. All the pieces come from the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía (MNCARS) in Madrid, which added them to its collection with the donation made by the artist's daughter, Roberta González, in 1973.
The tour shows González's pictorial evolution in three stages: a first one marked by French symbolism until the end of the First World War, in 1918; a second, the best known, in which he adopts Catalan noucentisme with small-format works highlighting women and the Mediterranean landscape; and a last one from 1928, when his pictorial production becomes sporadic and serves mainly as preparation for his sculptural work.
An avant-garde artist
A pioneer of modern iron sculpture, Julio González settled in Paris in 1900 and maintained a close relationship with Pablo Ruiz Picasso, which imbued much of his work with a cubist aesthetic. He also explored symbolism, noucentisme and structures typical of surrealism.
The museum's artistic director, Lourdes Moreno, has noted that the exhibition seeks to «honor the memory of a unique artist, indispensable for understanding the avant-gardes of the 20th century», and has stressed that his side as a painter and draughtsman is «practically unknown».
To visit the exhibition
The exhibition occupies the Sala Noble of the Palacio de Villalón and can be visited until January 17, 2027. Information about opening hours, tickets and access conditions corresponds to the Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga.
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