Aníbal González

Aníbal González studied at Universidad Central. Training under Ricardo Velázquez Bosco is recorded. The recorded working language is Spanish. Works named in the authority record are Plaza de España, Edificio de viviendas y comercio para Manuel Nogueira, Antigua fábrica de Tejidos, Casino Arias Montano, Gallo Azul and Edificio actual de la Oficina de Turismo. Distinctions recorded are Grand Cross of the Order of Isabella the Catholic and Grand cross of the Civil Order of Alfonso XII.

• Name — Aníbal González Álvarez-Ossorio • Born — 10 June 1876 • Birthplace — Seville, Spain • Died — 31 May 1929 • Place of death — Seville, Spain • Significant Buildings — Plaza de España, Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla, Archeological Museum of Seville

González was born in Seville to José González Espejo and Catalina Álvarez-Ossorio y Pizarro. He studied in La Escuela Superior de Arquitectura (Madrid Superior Technical School of Architecture) where he graduated in 1902. Other architects in his class included Joaquín Rojí, Tomás Acha, Luchas Alday, Amós Salvador, Miguel G. de la Any, Jerónimo P. Mathet, Juan J. Gorruchaga, Luis López, Calixto Sancho, Demetrio Ribes, Francisco García Navas and Gregorio Rábago. Two of his teachers were Ricardo Velázquez Bosco, an exponent of the Second Empire architectural style and one of the main eclecticist architects of Spain in the first third of the 20th century, and Vicente Lamperez, a prominent restorer, architect and art historian and member of the Royal Academy of History.

Aníbal González was appointed chief architect of the Sevilla Iberoamerican Exposition of 1929, where he worked until 1926. He designed in the Plaza de América of Maria Luisa Park, the Mudéjar Pavilion that was accomplished in 1914 (currently Museum of Arts and Traditions of Sevilla), the Palacio del Renacimiento (currently Archeological Museum of Seville) and the Real Pavilion. His most famous work for the Exposition is the Plaza de España, completed in 1929 that was the most emblematic place of this event. González combined a mix of 1920s Art Deco and 'mock Mudejar', and Neo-Mudéjar styles. The Plaza de España complex is a huge half-circle with buildings continually running around the edge accessible over the moat by numerous beautiful bridges. In the centre is a large fountain. By the walls of the Plaza are many tiled alcoves, each representing a different province of Spain. • Selected work • — — — — — • The Gallo Azul 1927-1928 Jerez de la Frontera — House Álvaro Dávila 1915-1917 Seville — Plaza de España 1914-1929 Seville — The Mudejar Pavillon 1911-1914 Seville — Site of ABC 1925-1928 Madrid — House of Maestrantes 1927-1930 Seville