Guido Veroi

Guido Veroi (born November 16, 1926 in Rome ; died January 16, 2013 there ) was an Italian sculptor , medalist , mosaic artist and glass painter .

Career

500 lire with the motif Tre Caravelle (1958)

Vatican 2 euro circulation coin (2002 to 2005)

Guido Veroi was a civil engineer and turned to sculpture at an early age, especially the art of medals.

Guido Veroi was trained as a medalist at the Scuola dell'Arte della Medaglia - Giuseppe Romagnoli of the Istituto Poligrafico e Zecca dello Stato , where Pietro Giampaoli was one of his teachers. Veroi often worked with Giampaoli afterwards. The Italian coin worth 500 lire from 1958, with the motif of the Tre Caravelle by Veroi and the bust of Giampaoli, is still considered one of the most beautiful Italian coins today. In addition to circulation coins and collector coins for Italy, Malta, San Marino and the Vatican, Veroi has made more than 100 medals and small sculptures. He was also active as a mosaic artist and glass painter and taught at the Scuola dell'Arte della Medaglia .

Works (selection)

300 square meter mosaic and stained glass of a church in Martina Franca ;

Vatican State stamps of 5 lire and 35 lire to mark the 500th anniversary of the Almo Collegio Capranica papal college (1957);
Postage stamps from Italy for 10 lire and 115 lire for the 20th anniversary of the resistance against fascism (1965);
Postage stamp from Italy for 25 lire to mark the 75th anniversary of the Italian Football Association (1973);

500 lire coin with the motif Tre Caravelle (reverse, the face with the bust designed by Pietro Giampaoli , 1958);
Circulation coins of the Republic of San Marino (1973);
Vatican State coins for the Holy Year (1975);
Face of the Vatican euro coins of the first mint series with the portrait of Pope John Paul II (design, executed by Uliana Pernazza , 2002 to 2005)
2 euro commemorative coin of the State of Vatican City for the 75th anniversary of its foundation (design, carried out by Luciana De Simoni , 2004);
2 euro commemorative coin of the Vatican City for the Pauline Year (design, executed by Luciana De Simoni, 2008);
Vatican City 2 euro commemorative coin for the Year of Priests (2010).

Awards

J. Sanford Saltus Award from the American Numismatic Society (1983)

Web links

Commons : Guido Veroi - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

↑ Guido Veroi. Scultore e medaglista nato a Roma nel 1926 e morto nel 2013. numismatica-italiana, accessed on February 24, 2019 (Italian).
↑ Veroi Guido , MeBnet website, accessed December 31, 2018.
↑ Guido Veroi , website of the medal maker Johnson srl, accessed December 31, 2018.
↑ Jay Galst, Peter G. van alfs: Ophthalmologia optica & visio in nummis . Kugler et al .: Amsterdam 2013, ISBN 978-0-89722-323-2 , p. 233.

personal data
SURNAME	Veroi, Guido
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor, medalist, mosaic artist and glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH	November 16, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH	Rome
DATE OF DEATH	January 16, 2013
Place of death	Rome

[1] Guido Veroi. Scultore e medaglista nato a Roma nel 1926 e morto nel 2013. numismatica-italiana, accessed on February 24, 2019 (Italian).

[2] Veroi Guido , MeBnet website, accessed December 31, 2018.

[3] Guido Veroi , website of the medal maker Johnson srl, accessed December 31, 2018.

[4] Jay Galst, Peter G. van alfs: Ophthalmologia optica & visio in nummis . Kugler et al .: Amsterdam 2013, ISBN 978-0-89722-323-2 , p. 233.