Francesco Somaini (sculptor, 1795)
Francesco Somaini (born May 14, 1795 in Maroggia , † August 13, 1855 in Milan ) was a Swiss sculptor .
Life
Francesco Somaini studied from 1815 to 1822 at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan with Camillo Pacetti . He then worked as a sculptor for the Milan Cathedral from 1823 to 1839 and created, among other things, statues for the altars by Pellegrino Tibaldi from the 16th century. In 1839 he became a professor at the Accademia di Brera, where Angelo Biella , Giovanni Strazza and his nephew Antonio Galli were among his students. He also worked as a cantonal inspector for schools in Ticino.
Somaini created religious and secular sculptures, tombs and portrait busts in the style of classicism , which in later years increasingly turned to verism .
Works
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- Gable relief, Gran Madre di Dio church , Turin, 1827
- Relief of the Battle of Arcis-sur-Aube , Arco della Pace , Milan, 1830
- two reliefs with scenes from the history of the city, Porta Venezia , Milan, 1833
- Funerary monument to Luigi Cagnola , Chapel of the Villa Rotonda, Inverigo , 1835
- Hygieia group of fountains donating their help to a sick boy , Piazza Cavour, Trescore Balneario , 1838
- Funerary monument to Felice Biella, Santa Maria del Carmine Church, Milan, 1841
- Monument to Giovanni Migliara , Palazzo di Brera, 1846
- Statue Carlo Giuseppe Londonios , Palazzo di Brera , 1851
- Stucco statues of hll. Anna, Joachim, Paulus, Gratus, Blasius and Petrus, Parish Church of Santi Ambrogio e Teodulo, Stresa , 1853
- Torriani-Missori funerary monument, Gentilino Cemetery , 1854
- Statue of St. Petrus, San Giuseppe Church, Milan
- Statues on the high altar, Maroggia parish church
- Façade figures, Palazzo civico, Lugano
literature
- Constantin von Wurzbach : Somaini, Franz . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 35th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1877, pp. 262–265 ( digitized version ).
- Somaini, Francesco . 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. 261 .
- F. Spalla: Somaini, Francesco. In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 407.
Web links
- Somaini, Francesco. In: Sikart (as of: 2018), accessed on October 27, 2019.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brevi cenni storici , Parocchia di Stresa, accessed on March 20, 2019
- ^ Simona Martinoli, Lucia Pedrini-Stanga: Arte fra le tombe. La scultura funeraria in Ticino tra Otto e Novecento. In: Art + Architecture in Switzerland / Art + architecture en Suisse / Arte + architettura in Svizzera , Volume 61 (2010), pp. 30–40. doi: 10.5169 / seals-394474
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Somaini, Francesco |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Somajni, Francesco |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Maroggia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 13, 1855 |
| Place of death | Milan |