Luigi Brizzolara
Luigi Brizzolara (born June 11, 1868 in Chiavari , † April 11, 1937 in Genoa ) was an Italian sculptor . At the age of about 20 he began studying at the Accademia ligustica di belle arti in Genoa with his teacher Giovanni Scanzi. In the years after 1892 he won prizes in competitions for several of his statues. He created numerous grave monuments, busts and statues in churches. On the Praça de Nossa Senhora do Horto in Chiavari, he erected a statue of Victor Emmanuel II in 1898 .
Life
From 1920 to 1928 he lived in the Brazilian city of São Paulo . He moved there to take part in a competition to erect a monument to mark the 100th anniversary of Brazilian independence. As early as 1909, he and the architect G. Morelli won the competition to erect a monument to commemorate Argentina's 100th Independence Day in Buenos Aires . However, the memorial was never erected. His design was not implemented in Brazil either, as it only took second place in the competition. In São Paulo he erected numerous grave monuments and statues, for example the grave monument of the Matarazzo family, the monument to Carlos Gomes (erected in 1922) and statues of the bandeirantes António Raposo Tavares and Fernão Dias Paes in the Museu Paulista .
After his return to Italy he taught at the Accademia ligustica di belle arti in Genoa, where he himself had been trained. In his hometown of Chiavari, he erected a memorial for those who died in the First World War in 1928 .
Since 1904 he was married to Mary Ranzini.
literature
- A. Salmoni Cevidalli - F. Sborgi: Brizzolara, Luigi. In: Alberto M. Ghisalberti (Ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 14: Branchi-Buffetti. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1972.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brizzolara, Luigi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1868 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chiavari |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 11, 1937 |
| Place of death | Genoa |