Achille Sfondrini

Achille Sfondrini (born February 1, 1834 or 1836 in Milan , † February 7, 1900 there ) was an Italian architect .

Life

Sfondrini attended the "Scuola reale superiore" (formerly Scuola tecnica - Technical School) in Milan. In 1853 he passed the preliminary examination for the study of mathematics and for engineers and architects at the University of Pavia. He was initially admitted, but then expelled because of his political views. In 1856 he resumed his studies at the "Scuola di applicazione di Padova" and continued it until 1860 at the University of Parma, where he graduated. After studying architecture, he specialized in the construction or conversion of theaters. Its most famous building is the Teatro dell'Opera di Roma .

Awards

Ordine dei SS. Maurizio e Lazzaro
Ordine della Corona d'Italia by decree of December 23, 1880

buildings

National bath in Milan (1869)
Teatro Cancano, Milan (renovation, 1872)
Teatro Pavia, Milan (renovation, 1878)
Teatro dell'Opera di Roma , Rome (1878–1880, as "Teatro Costanzi")
Teatro Tito, Rieti (1883)
Teatro Verdi, Padua (1884)
Teatro Lirico, Milan (renovation, 1894)
Teatro Kursaal , Lugano (1896)

literature

Angelo De Gubernatis, Ugo Matini: Sfondrini (Achille) . In: Dizionario degli artisti italiani viventi, pittori, scultori e architetti . Tipi dei successori Le Monnier, Florence 1889, p. 471–472 (Italian, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
Sfondrini, Achille . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936, p. 557 .
Nello Tarchiani: Sfondrini, Achille. In: Enciclopedia Italiana. 1936 (Italian, treccani.it ).
M. Lorber: Sfondrini Achille. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 215 f. (Direct links on p. 215 , p. 216 ).

Individual evidence

↑ Raffaella Catini: Sfondrini, Achille. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 92: Semino – Sisto IV. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2018 (Italian, treccani.it ).
↑ Alexandre Du Bois, Elie Brault: Achille Sfondrini . In: Les architectes par leurs oeuvres . H. Laurens, Paris 1893, p. 395 (French, text archive - Internet Archive ).
↑ Sfondrini, Achille . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 267 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
^ Ordine della Corona d'Italia . In: Gazzetta ufficiale del regno d'Italia . No. 80 , April 6, 1881, p. 1410 ( books.google.de ).

personal data
SURNAME	Sfondrini, Achille
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian architect
DATE OF BIRTH	February 1, 1834 or 1836
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	February 7, 1900
Place of death	Milan

[1] Raffaella Catini: Sfondrini, Achille. In: Raffaele Romanelli (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani. Volume 92: Semino – Sisto IV. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2018 (Italian, treccani.it ).

[2] Alexandre Du Bois, Elie Brault: Achille Sfondrini . In: Les architectes par leurs oeuvres . H. Laurens, Paris 1893, p. 395 (French, text archive - Internet Archive ).

[3] Sfondrini, Achille . In: Hans Wolfgang Singer (Ed.): General Artist Lexicon. Life and works of the most famous visual artists . Prepared by Hermann Alexander Müller . 5th unchanged edition. tape 4 : Raab – Vezzo . Literary Institute, Rütten & Loening, Frankfurt a. M. 1921, p. 267 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[4] Ordine della Corona d'Italia . In: Gazzetta ufficiale del regno d'Italia . No. 80 , April 6, 1881, p. 1410 ( books.google.de ).