Antonio Chiattone
Antonio Chiattone (born May 18, 1856 in Lugano ; † September 4, 1904 there ) was a Swiss sculptor . He was the older brother of the sculptor Giuseppe Chiattone and the uncle of the architect Mario Chiattone .
Life
After attending the drawing school in Lugano, Chiattone trained as a sculptor at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan . There he opened a studio in which his brother Giuseppe also worked. Both achieved notoriety primarily through grave monuments. In 1887 they returned to Lugano and opened a joint studio there.
From 1891, Chiattone and other artists campaigned for the establishment of an art museum in Lugano, but the project did not materialize. In 1892 he made the acquaintance of Empress Elisabeth and thereby secured several orders from the Austrian imperial family. Among other things, he created a monument in Corfu in 1895 in honor of Archduke Rudolf and in 1902 another monument in Montreux in memory of the murdered Empress.
In 1900 Chiattone took part in the World Exhibition in Paris , two years later he created a statue of William Tell for the National Council chamber of the Federal Palace in Bern . His work Il Riposo , 1881/1891, made of marble, is visible in the Museo Cantonale d'Arte in Lugano ; his Monument funéraire pour Aristide Bergès , 1904, is in Cimetière de Terre-Cabade in Toulouse
literature
- Rossana Cardani: Antonio Chiattone. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland . May 2, 2005 , accessed February 9, 2020 .
Web links
- Giulio Foletti: Chiattone, Antonio (I). In: Sikart
- Antonio Chiattone (Italian) on ti.ch/can/oltreconfiniti/dalle-origini-al-1900/
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Chiattone, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 18, 1856 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lugano |
| DATE OF DEATH | 4th September 1904 |
| Place of death | Lugano |