Cirillo Dell'Antonio
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Cirillo Dell'Antonio (also Cyrillo ; born October 27, 1876 in Moena , Trentino ; † June 7, 1971 in Trier , Rhineland-Palatinate ) was a German-Italian wood sculptor and medalist as well as the author of urban planning and architecture projects.
Life
Cirillo Dell'Antonio came from the Fassatal in Tyrol . His father was a nail smith and also let his son learn this craft before he took him to Val Gardena to train as a sculptor at the age of 16 . He worked first with August Runggaldier , then with Josef Moroder Lusenberg and finally as artistic director in the Franz Martiner publishing house in Ortisei . He married his teacher's daughter, Emma Moroder. From 1903 Dell'Antonio was a teacher at the wood carving school Bad Warmbrunn (Lower Silesia), from 1922 director of this school. Under his directorate, Günther Grundmann and Otto Zirnbauer were teachers at the school.
Works
- The war memorial at Kynast Castle , erected by Count Schaffgotsch to commemorate his servants who died in the First World War
- Bust of Moritz Ferdinand von Bissing , Governor General of Belgium in World War I (oak)
- 1932: one-sided hollow bronze casting , 80 mm, Cirillo dell'Antonio fecit , Dr. GÜNTHER GRUNDMANN 1932 (inscription on the front), bust with dress attachment half left, signed: CdA (ligated)
Exhibitions
- 1922: Galerie Stenzel, owner: Casimir Stenzel, Breslau, Tauentzienplatz 1
bibliography
- Dell'Antonio, Cirillo. Artisti ladini 1580-1939. Cristiano Trebinger, Melchiore Vinazer, Domenico Moling, Valentino Rovisi, Domenico Mahlknecht , G. Battista Pettena, Ferdinando Demetz , G. Battista Chiocchetti, Francesco Tavella , G. Moroder-Lusenberg , Giuseppe Iellico, Rodolfo Moroder . Trento. Ed. della Scuola D'Arte. 1951 (Ital.)
literature
- Luigi Menapace: Cirillo Dell'Antonio scultore (Italian), Tip. Saturnia, Trento 1959
- Walter Baum: The medals and plaques from Cirillo dell'Antonio. A South Tyrolean carver and medalist in the Giant Mountains . 1975, ISBN 3-7689-0138-6 and ISBN 978-3-7689-0138-3
- Giuseppina Jellici dell'Antonio: Cirillo Dell'Antonio: scultore e maestro (ital.). Mostra antologica retrospettiva: San Giovanni-Vigo di Fassa, Istituto culturale ladino, 16-31 agosto, Moena, Sala consiliare, 4-20 September. Istituto culturale ladino, Vigo di Fassa, Trento 1985
- Jan Sakwerda: Signum Libri Decorum. Silesia and Silesians on old bookplates . Exhibition catalog. Muzeum Miejskie Wrocławia & Oberschlesisches Landesmuseum Ratingen-Hösel (ed.), 2005, ISBN 83-89551-16-0
- Paolo Cesari: Cirillo Dell'Antonio , AbacuSistemArte, 2006
- Günther Grundmann: The Warmbrunn wood carving school in the Giant Mountains , Delp-Druck 1968
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Walter Baum, Fig. 40
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Dell'Antonio, Cirillo |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dell'Antonio, Cyrillo |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Italian wood sculptor and medalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 27, 1876 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Moena , Trentino |
DATE OF DEATH | June 7th 1971 |
Place of death | Trier , Rhineland-Palatinate |