Pietro Canonica
Pietro Canonica (born March 1, 1869 in Moncalieri , † June 8, 1959 in Rome ) was an Italian composer, medalist and sculptor .
Career
In 1902 he received a small gold medal at the Great Berlin Art Exhibition . The city of Rome provided Canonica with a former administration building from the 17th century in the park of Villa Borghese for his work. Pietro Canonica bequeathed some of his works of art to the city in return for the repayment of his debts during his lifetime. After the death of the artist and his wife, the house was opened to the public as a museum. Canonica became a member of the fascist Accademia d'Italia in 1929 and a life senator in 1950 by President Luigi Einaudi .
Works (selection)
- Monument to an artilleryman and a cavalryman in Turin
- Bust of Edward VII of England in Buckingham Palace , London (1903)
- Bust of Emily Doria-Pamphili in the Galleria Nazionale d'Arte Moderna, Rome (1904)
- Medalist at the Mint in Rome (since 1908)
- Equestrian statue of Ataturk in front of the Ethnographic Museum in Ankara (1927)
- Ataturk Monument on Victory Square (Zafer Meydanı) in Ankara (1927)
- Round medallions on the Victory Monument , Bozen (1927/28)
- Monument of the Republic ( Cumhuriyet Anıtı ) in Taksim Square, Istanbul (1928)
- Benedict XV monument in St. Peter's Basilica, Vatican (1928)
- Equestrian statue of Ataturk in Izmir (1932)
- Tomb of Vittorio Emanuele Orlando , Rome (1935)
- Monument of Pius XI. in Lateran , Rome (1941–1949)
- Monument to King Faysal I of Iraq, Baghdad
- Monument to Simón Bolívar , Bogotá
- Doors for the abbeys of Monte Cassino (1951) and Casamari (1959)
As a composer he created various melodramas:
- La sposa di Corinto ; Miranda , Enrico di Mirval ; Sacra Terra ...
Web links
Commons : Pietro Canonica - collection of images, videos and audio files
Individual evidence
- ↑ ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
- ↑ a b Sabrina Michielli, Hannes Obermair (Red.): BZ '18 –'45: one monument, one city, two dictatorships. Accompanying volume for the documentation exhibition in the Bolzano Victory Monument . Folio Verlag, Vienna-Bozen 2016, ISBN 978-3-85256-713-6 , p. 112-113 .
- ^ L. Forrer: Biographical Dictionary of Medallists . Canonica. Volume VII. Spink & Son Ltd, London 1923, pp. 149 .
- ↑ a b c d Orkun Kocabıyık: The Legacy of Pietro Canonica's Art and His Travels in Turkey , in: History Studies , Volume 10, Issue 6, pp. 117-131 ( online ) (English).
- ↑ Pietro Canonica at treccani.it/enciclopedia (accessed on September 23, 2017).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Canonica, Pietro |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian composer and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moncalieri |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 8, 1959 |
| Place of death | Rome |