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Her mother is a writer who signs her works under the name Livja Flood. The family circle will frequent Larionov, Goncharova, Rodchenko, Soutine and other artists in exile.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">At 16, Leonardo joined an uncle in Brazil and tried to cross the Amazon. Captured by the anthropophagic Indians, he remained a prisoner for a year after marrying the daughter of the chief of the tribe, \u201cErik Paxa\u201d.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">In 1964, the military revolution in Brazil forced him to return to France where he attempted without success to present a sculpture at the Salon d&#8217;Automne. From this date, Leonardo will never stop drawing and sculpting and it is natural that he arrives in 1975\/76 in art casting.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">From then on, this artist with an imposing physique would pursue his career as foundry director and sculptor, granting a particular place in his works to feelings, distress and the grandeur of being.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Adorning parks or public buildings, you can admire a \u201cBroken Man\u201d in the garden museum of the town of Gravelines, a representation of the musician Rossini at the Opera of Pesaro, his birthplace (as well as at UNESCO) , a bust of Napoleon at Ajaccio airport&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The artist bowed out on June 11, 2018, while exhibitions in Japan and China were being prepared&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leonardo Benatov holds the order of Knight of Arts and Letters<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<h4>Leonardo BENATOV<\/h4>\n<p>(1942-2018)<\/p>\n<h4><em>Tribute to Dali, the Soft and the Hard<\/em><\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bust of DALI<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze with black patina, Signed<\/p>\n<p>No. EF, cast by the artist in his foundry<\/p>\n<p>Height: 82 cm with its base<\/p>\n<p>Width: 55 cm<\/p>\n<p>Depth: 39 cm<\/p>\n<p>Base: 17 x 36 x 31 cm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Bust of GALA<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bronze with black patina, Signed<\/p>\n<p>No. EF, cast by the artist in his foundry<\/p>\n<p>Height: 82 cm with its base<\/p>\n<p>Width: 48 cm<\/p>\n<p>Depth: 39 cm<\/p>\n<p>Base: 17 x 36 x 31 cm<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n[dt_button size=\"small\" style=\"default\" animation=\"none\" color_mode=\"default\" icon=\"\" icon_align=\"left\" color=\"\" link=\"mailto:gabrielle-laroche@wanadoo.fr?subject=250 DALI_ET_GALA_ANG\" target_blank=\"true\"]DEMANDE D&#8217;INFORMATIONS[\/dt_button]\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/contemporains\/\">Retour aux contemporains<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":11723,"template":"","meta":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[46],"product_tag":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-11716","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-contemporary","7":"description-off","9":"first","10":"instock","11":"shipping-taxable","12":"product-type-simple"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product\/11716","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/product"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11723"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11716"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"product_brand","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_brand?post=11716"},{"taxonomy":"product_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_cat?post=11716"},{"taxonomy":"product_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gabrielle-laroche.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/product_tag?post=11716"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}