Giacomo Merculiano
Giacomo Merculiano (born September 29, 1859 in Naples , † November 1935 in Lille ) was an Italian-French sculptor and medalist .
Life
Merculiano studied at the Accademia di belle arti di Napoli . Here he exhibited his stucco statue Aspiration at the Esposizione Promotrice Napoli exhibition . In 1889 he showed his bronze statuette Canto fermo here . He also made a bronze bust of Count Giulio di Conversano, which was placed in the Camposanto di Napoli cemetery . From 1898 he lived in Paris, where he signed his works with Jacques Merculiano or J. Merculiano . From 1904 to 1914 he was based in Lille . He became a French citizen. From 1914 he exhibited at the Paris Salon.
In addition to Merculiano's attempts at painting, his main work was sculpture, where he mainly focused on depictions of animals in the Art Deco style . As a medalist, he made a prize medal in 1920 for the St. Hubertus du Nord dog club in Ostricourt . Some of his works were handcrafted and distributed by the Éditeur d'art (art publisher) and sculptor Jules Levi-Lehmann .
His brother Comingio Merculiano (1845–1915) worked as a draftsman and illustrator in Naples.
literature
- Merculiano (Giacomo). In: Angelo De Gubernatis (ed.): Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, Florence 1889, p. 296 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Merculiano, Giacomo . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 24 : Mandere – Möhl . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1930, p. 410 .
- Pierre Kjellberg: Bronzes of the 19th Century. Dictionary of Sculptors. Schiffer, Atglen, Pa. 1994, ISBN 0-88740-629-7 , p. 491.
- Bryan Catley: Art Deco and Other Figures. Antique Collectors' Club Art Books, Woodbridge 2003, ISBN 1-85149-382-4 , p. 391.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Angelo De Gubernatis (Ed.): Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, Florence 1889, p. 296.
- ↑ a b Rivista d'Italia. Volume 3, 1900, p. 379.
- ↑ a b Bryan Catley: Art Deco and Other Figures. Antique Collectors' Club, 2003, ISBN 1-85149-382-4 , p. 391.
- ^ Alberto Shayo : Statuettes art deco period. Antique Collectors' Club Art Books, Woodbridge 2016, ISBN 1-85149-824-9 , p. 32.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Merculiano, Giacomo |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Merculiano, Jacques; Merculiano, J. (stage name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian-French sculptor and medalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 29, 1859 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Naples |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1935 |
| Place of death | Lille |