José Luis Alonso Coomonte

José Luis Alonso Coomonte (1932 – 4 December 2025), also known as Josepito, was a Spanish Spanish sculptor and academic.

Life and career

Coomonte was born in Benavente in 1932. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts of San Fernando between 1950 and 1954, and after obtaining a scholarship to extend his sculpture studies in Segovia he moved to Paris.[1] He earned his Doctorate of Arts from the University of Salamanca.[2]

As a sculptor, he worked with different materials including wood, concrete, stone, wrought iron and glass.[3] His early work is essentially figurative marked as sacred art, but his creative impulse leads him to evolve coexisting with cubism, works such as Discobolus (1961) or Tightrope Walkers (1955), both constructed using iron, with abstraction in the work Dynamic Form (1964) in which he already investigates with polyester.[4]

Notable works include a Fountain, located in the Garden of the Parque de las Naciones in Madrid, constructed in 1965.[5] In Zamora there is a tourist route of contemporary art that highlights the sculptures of Coomonte.[6]

Coomonte died on 4 December 2025, at the age of 93.[7]

References

  1. ^ María Teresa González Vicario (1989-01-01). "Coomonte, hoy". Espacio Tiempo y Forma. Serie VII, Historia del Arte (in Spanish) (2). ISSN 2340-1478. Archived from the original on 2024-09-12.
  2. ^ Coomonte, José Luis Alonso (1997). La rejería en la obra de José Luis Alonso Coomonte (http://purl.org/dc/dcmitype/Text thesis) (in Spanish). Universidad de Salamanca. {{cite thesis}}: External link in |degree= (help)
  3. ^ Martín, Javier García (2025-12-05). "COOMONTE". Zamorateca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  4. ^ Zamora, Redacción Radio (2018-07-04). "Alonso Coomonte y el arte sacro". Cadena SER (in European Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  5. ^ "Alonso Coomonte, José Luis" (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  6. ^ zamorainquieta.com. "Ruta Coomonte". ZINQ (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-08.
  7. ^ P, E. (2025-12-04). "Fallece el escultor zamorano José Luis Alonso Coomonte, ex profesor de la Facultad de Bellas Artes de la Universidad". La Gaceta de Salamanca (in Spanish). Retrieved 2025-12-08.
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