Adolfo Cipriani
Adolfo Cipriani , also Ada Cipriani , (born September 9, 1857 in Florence , Austrian Empire , † August 10, 1941 ibid, Kingdom of Italy ) was an Italian sculptor .
Life
Adolfo Cipriani was active as a sculptor from around 1880 to 1930. Little is known about his career. He created numerous statues, busts and groups of figures, mostly with portraits of women and children in Art Nouveau style , including often portraits and allegorical figures made of marble or alabaster , sometimes also as nudes. His works, which were often signed A. Cipriani , he also sold in the United States of America .
Adolfo Cipriani was married to Emilia Pancani (* 1860) and they had nine children, including the sculptor Ugo Cipriani .
Works (selection)
Around 1885 Adolfo Cipriani created the marble sculpture Anglerin , which initially stood in the Villa Stollwerck (Bad Godesberg) and was donated to the city of Bad Godesberg by Mrs. Ringsdorff in the 1920s .
After various other locations, the work of art has been installed in the Redoute park there since 1965 .
Other of his works had titles such as:
- I Figli del Pescatore ( German The Fishermen's Sons )
- Sea nymph
- Queen Louise of Prussia
- Fanciulla con Cappello (Virgin with Hat)
- Cupid and the butterfly
- flora
- Putto with a chair
- Girl at the fountain
- Peasant woman
- Child reads a book
- Bather goes into the water , act
- Woman with mug
- Young gypsy woman with scarf
- Young woman with laurel wreath
- Napoleon Bonaparte , bust
Web links
- Adolfo Cipriani (Italian). In: artnet , with pictures of Cipriani's work.
- Adolfo Cipriani. In: invaluable.com, with pictures of Cipriani's work.
- Adolfo Cipriani. In: mutualart.com, with pictures of Cipriani's work.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adolfo CIPRIANI (act.1880-1930). In: liveauctioneers.com
- ^ Treasury Decisions Under Customs and Other Laws. Volume 5, United States Department of the Treasury, US Government Printing Office, 1903, p. 676.
- ↑ Ugo CIPRIANI. ( Memento from April 27, 2017 in the Internet Archive ) In: weonea.com from July 2, 2015.
- ^ The Bad Godesberg Sculpture Park. In: godesberger-markt.de, 2015.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cipriani, Adolfo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cipriani, Ada (nickname) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 9, 1857 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Florence , Austrian Empire |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 10, 1941 |
| Place of death | Florence , Kingdom of Italy |