Ronald Mallory (June 17, 1932 – July 7, 2021) was a Philadelphia born architect and

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who worked in

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, and his old age lived in

San Miguel de Allende San Miguel de Allende () is the principal city in the Municipalities of Mexico, municipality of San Miguel de Allende (municipality), San Miguel de Allende, located in the far eastern part of Guanajuato, Mexico. A part of the Bajío region, the t ...

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. His family had come to United States from Russia. He studied architecture in Brazil with Oscar Niemayer. In the sixties, he was one of the founding members of the

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movement which took him to become a star in Paris, Monte Carlo and New York. In particular, his works involving mercury and acrylic have become icons, and are represented in many important private collections and museums in United States as including the

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of New York as well as most of the top museums and collections in the United States, in Europe , Mexico City and Dubai Mallory was a student of the late

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, friends of many celebrities and himself a famous jet setter. He was funny, brilliant and extremely talented worked in many mediums, sculpture,

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Personal life

Mallory was first married to Giselle a Parisian Dior model from Paris and then to actress, model and author Carole Mallory, from 1968 to 1971. He never stopped working and producing sculptures and paintings exhibiting in Mexico and rue de Lille in Paris. He was much loved and well surrounded til the end of his beautiful life. Mallory died of natural causes in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico on July 7, 2021, at age 89.

References

External links

Website of Ronald Mallory
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