Antonio Spagnoli
Antonio Spagnoli (born April 16, 1849 in Reviano, Isera municipality ; † March 19, 1932 there ) was a sculptor from Trentino .
life and work
Antonio Spagnoli received his first drawing lessons in Rovereto in 1868/1869 . In 1873 he moved to Milan , where he first began an apprenticeship with the sculptor Antonio Tantardini and then attended the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera . From 1876 he studied for two years at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence and one year at the Regio Istituto di Belle Arti in Rome .
After first assignments in Rovereto, he moved to Innsbruck in 1882 , where he was entrusted with the artistic design of the facade of the extended Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum . For this purpose he created portrait busts of Tyrolean artists, poets and scientists as well as decorative elements in marble and terracotta . He made the gable group of Tyrolia 1887–1889 based on a design by Joseph Gasser von Valhorn .
In 1892 he returned to Isera, where he worked for church and private clients.
Spagnoli created statues, among others for churches in Rovereto, Arco , Serravalle , and Isera, portrait busts as well as grave monuments, among others in Innsbruck , Rovereto, Mori , Sacco and Isera. His preferred materials were Carrara marble and red Veronese marble .
literature
- Simone Weber: Spagnoli, Antonio . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 31 : Siemering – Stephens . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1937, p. 324 .
- Ellen Hastaba: Spagnol (l) i, Antonio. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 445.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Ellen Hastaba: Program with coincidence and flaws - all-Tyrolean: the facade of the Tyrolean Provincial Museum Ferdinandeum. In: Publications of the Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Volume 83 (2003), pp. 63–94 ( PDF; 224 kB )
- ↑ Visiting the grave at the municipal cemetery. In: Innsbrucker Nachrichten , October 31, 1885, p. 5 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spagnoli, Antonio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Spagnolli, Antonio |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Trentino sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 16, 1849 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reviano, Isera municipality |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1932 |
| Place of death | Reviano, Isera municipality |