Luciano Minguzzi

Gallo Nuovo (New Rooster) by Luciano Minguzzi (1954), Mariahoek in Utrecht

Luciano Minguzzi (born May 24, 1911 in Bologna , † May 30, 2004 in Milan ) was an Italian sculptor .

Life

Prato (Tuscany) , 1971. Photo by Paolo Monti .

Minguzzi, who was born the son of a sculptor, left school at the age of 17 to enroll at the art academy . From 1931 to 1935 he studied at the Art Academy in Bologna with Ercole Drei and Giorgio Morandi . Thanks to a scholarship , he was able to spend two years in Paris in 1934 .

Minguzzi made his international breakthrough in the 1930s. Later he taught himself; among others at the Art Academy of Padua . In 1943 he returned to Bologna and became active in the resistance . After the end of the Second World War , he founded a group called Cronache with Borgonzoni, Ciangottini, Corsi, Mandelli and Rossi in 1945 . It influenced the cultural life of his time significantly.

In the 1950s, primarily female nudes and acrobats were created in an intricate, voluminous form of representation. He graduated figures also symbolically in shrines made of iron one. In the 1960s, the sculptor also devoted himself to abstract works . From 1956 to 1975 Minguzzi taught at the Brera Academy in Milan. In 1965 he was also appointed to the Salzburg Summer Academy . In 1959 he was a participant in documenta II in Kassel . He also worked as a medalist and, for example, designed the 500 lire coin of the Republic of San Marino in 1974 .

Minguzzi's most important works include the design of one of the gates of St. Peter's Basilica in Rome and one of the gates of the Duomo in Milan . A museum dedicated to him in Milan has existed in his honor since 1996 . More than 400 other works are exhibited in museums around the world. Luciano Minguzzi died in Milan at the age of 93.

Web links

Materials by and about Luciano Minguzzi in the documenta archive

Individual evidence

↑ Rossella Canuti: Minguzzi, Luciano. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 74: Messi – Miraglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2010.

personal data
SURNAME	Minguzzi, Luciano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH	May 24, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH	Bologna
DATE OF DEATH	May 30, 2004
Place of death	Milan

[1] Rossella Canuti: Minguzzi, Luciano. In: Mario Caravale (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 74: Messi – Miraglia. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 2010.