Francisco Asorey

He lived and worked in Madrid from 1909 to 1918; then in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, until his death in 1961.

Santiago Rodríguez Bonome, José María Acuña López and Acisclo Manzano are recorded as having studied under Francisco Asorey. The recorded working language is Spanish and Galician. Employment is recorded with Maestro Mateo Art and Higher School of Design and Faculty of Medicine, Santiago de Compostela. Works named in the authority record are Memorial to Teniente Coronel Teijeiro, Monument to Aviator Joaquín Loriga, Monument to Saint Francis, Monument to Curros Enríquez, Monument to Ramón María Aller and Monument to Manuel Graña González.

• Name — Francisco Asorey • Birth Name — Francisco Asorey González • Born — 4 March 1889 • Birthplace — Cambados, Spain • Died — 2 July 1961 • Place of death — Santiago de Compostela, Spain

• Illustration — Asorey's birth house in Cambados, Spain • Illustration — Cabanelas monument, Pontevedra, Spain • Illustration — Portrait of the violinist Manuel Quiroga, Pontevedra, Spain • Illustration — Statue of Columbus, part of the Monument to Cuba, in El Retiro, Madrid

Works recorded as notable number 8: Memorial to Teniente Coronel Teijeiro, Monument to Aviator Joaquín Loriga, Monument to Saint Francis, Monument to Curros Enríquez, Monument to Ramón María Aller, Monument to Manuel Graña González, Monument to José Félix Soage Villarino and Monument to García Barbón.

Francisco Asorey is recorded as sculptor and docent.