Francisco Baron

FRANCISCO BARÓN MOLINA (Madrid, 1931 - 2006).
"Esoteric Columbus".
Bronze and metal. Detachable sculpture. Exemplary 5/1492.
Signed, titled and justified.
Measurements: 28 x 18 x 18 cm.
Mainly sculptor, although he also approached the painting, Francisco Barón began his formation in the School of Fine Arts of San Fernando, where he had as teachers to Laviada and Ortells, and later he extended it in London and New York thanks to different scholarships. In 1960 and 1961 he was awarded the first prize at the New England Art Festival, and in 1965, two years after returning to Spain, he participated in the New York International Art Fair and obtained a grant from the March Foundation. That same year he held his first solo exhibition at the Neblí Gallery in Madrid. Throughout his career Baron 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 Mini-Paintings at the Círculo 2 gallery in Madrid and the Mojácar Prize. He is currently represented in the Museo de Escultura al Aire Libre de Alcalá de Henares, among other public and private collections.