Julio Antonio

He began studying sculpture at a local school in Tarragona, followed by an apprenticeship in the workshops of Fèlix Ferrer i Galceran [ca], in Barcelona.

His first fully original sculpture, "Flores malsanas" (Wilting Flowers), which he later destroyed, was created when they moved to Murcia.

Despite his good experiences with Blay, he decided to leave and undertake a journey throughout the country with his friend, the painter Miquel Viladrich Vila [ca].

In 1908, he created his first major work, "María, la gitana" (Maria, the Gypsy); which expressed his own personality and broke with the prevailing popular styles.

A funerary monument for the Lemonier family, to honor their eldest son, who died at the age of 11, is also among his familiar creations.