Bruno Catarzi (January 5, 1903 in
Signa
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Signa borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Carmignano, Lastra a Signa, Poggio a Caiano, ...
– January 21, 1996 in
Florence
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) was an Italian sculptor and engraver.
Biography
He began his studies at the
Academy of Fine Arts of Florence under
Domenico Trentacoste
Domenico Trentacoste (20 September 1859 – 18 March 1933) was an Italian sculptor.
Biography
Born in Palermo, Sicily; at the age of 12 years, Trentacoste began apprenticing with the sculptor Domenico Costantino. As a young man he travelled t ...
. He was a prolific designer of medals.
In the 1930s, he taught at the Scuola d’Arte of
Pistoia (among his pupils were Agenore Fabbri and Jorio Vivarelli), from 1963 to 1973, he taught at the Istituto d’Arte of
Arezzo.
[From Italian Wikipedia]
References
*Francesco Sapori, Medaglie e Medaglisti, Home Faber, Anno XIII, N. 123–124, Rome, 1962
*Francesco Giannone, La medaglia italiana alla Zecca di Parigi, Home Faber, Anno XVI, N. 161, Rome, 1966
*Giuliana Signorini, Firenze e il paiolo nella storia dell’arte, Giorgi & Cambi, Firenze, 1992
*Gigi Salvagnini,
Cimitero delle Porte Sante
Cimitero delle Porte Sante (''The Sacred Doors Cemetery'') is a monumental cemetery in Florence located within the fortified bastion of the Basilica of San Miniato al Monte.
History
The idea of a burial site near San Miniato was conceived ar ...
, Opus Libri, Firenze, 2001
*Ilaria Taddei, A decorare architetture, Giunti Editore, Firenze, 2003
*Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Scultore 1903–1996,
Masso delle Fate Edizioni,
Signa
Signa () is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Florence in the Italian region Tuscany, located about west of Florence.
Signa borders the following municipalities: Campi Bisenzio, Carmignano, Lastra a Signa, Poggio a Caiano, ...
, 2005,
*Giampiero Fossi, Oltre il novecento – Arte contemporanea nelle Signe, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2003,
References
Italian engravers
People from Signa
1903 births
1996 deaths
20th-century Italian sculptors
20th-century Italian male artists
Italian male sculptors
Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze alumni
20th-century engravers
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