Damián Forment

Damián Forment

Damián Forment (born 1480, Valencia, Spain; died 1540, Santo Domingo de la Calzada) was a Spanish architect and sculptor, considered the most important Spanish sculptor of the 16th century. [ [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/213835/Damian-Forment Britannica Online entry] ]

Forment studied in Rome and Florence before returning to Valencia. [ [http://www.jstor.org/pss/858084 Paul Lafond, "Damian Forment", "The Burlington Magazine for Connoisseurs", Dec. 1909 (only 1st page available without subscription)] ] He worked there from 1500-09, and then moved to Zaragoza, where he kept his studio for the rest of his life.

Forment's earliest major work was the alabaster Gothic-Renaissance altar of the Basilica of Our Lady of the Pillar (1509-12), which was preserved when the 15th-century basilica was destroyed and was installed in the present 17th-century structure. He is also known for the altarpiece to the cathedral at Huesca (1520-24), done in the Mannerist style; the altar of the Poblet Monastery (1527), his first work entirely in the Renaissance style [ [http://www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/f/forment.htm Biography of Damian Forment (Spanish)] ] ; and for his last work, the Renaissance altar of the Cathedral of Santo Domingo de la Calzada (1537-40).

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* [http://www.aragonesasi.com/personajes/forment.php Aragon Interactive Media biography, with additional sources (Spanish)]


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