Farpi Vignoli

Driver ( Sulky driver ) and Saltatore in Spoleto

Farpi Vignoli (born August 21, 1907 in Bologna , † November 1997 ibid) was an Italian sculptor. With his sculpture Sulkyfahrer he won gold in the art competitions of the Olympic Summer Games in 1936 (ahead of Arno Breker ).

Farpi was the youngest of three sons and grew up near the Bologna racecourse (ippodromo dell'Arcoveggio).

In 1919 he was admitted to the Collegio Venturoli, where he studied painting , sculpture and architecture with Enrico Barberi . At that time he developed a close friendship with Paolo Manaresi and Luciano Minguzzi . After graduating from the Accademia di Belle Arti di Bologna , Vignoli received a solo exhibition in 1934.

At the second Quadriennale di Roma (1935, at the invitation of Cipriano Efisio Oppo ), the sulky driver won 4th prize. More athlete sculptures followed. In 1939 he changed subject and style. After the end of World War II he devoted himself to watercolor painting and was invited to an exhibition at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1949 .

literature

Eugenio Riccoboni, in: A. RICCOBONI (ed.) Roma nell'arte. La scultura nell'evo moderno , Rome 1942
Francesco Sapori (1949) Scultura italiana moderna , pp. 51-54.
C. DEL BRAVO, Sculture italiane 1920-1940 , "Antichità Viva", XX, 4, p. 43.
E. POUCHARD, L'acquerello di Farpi Vignoli , Bologna 1980.
Richard Stanton: The Forgotten Olympic Art Competitions: The Story of the Olympic Art Competitions of the 20th Century. Trafford, 2000, ISBN 1552126064 , p. 332 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Ken Worpole: Last Landscapes: The Architecture of the Cemetery in the West. Reaction Books, 2003, ISBN 186189161X , p. 123 ( limited preview in Google book search).

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personal data
SURNAME	Vignoli, Farpi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	August 21, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	November 1997
Place of death	Bologna