Enrico Cassi (December 1863 – 12 February 1913) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

He was born in

Varese Varese ( , , or ; lmo, label= Varesino, Varés ; la, Baretium; archaic german: Väris) is a city and ''comune'' in north-western Lombardy, northern Italy, north-west of Milan. The population of Varese in 2018 has reached 80,559. It is the c ...

. His father was a marble worker in Pavia, was able to have Enrico study sculpting at the

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera ("academy of fine arts of Brera"), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di ...

under

Francesco Barzaghi Francesco Barzaghi (1839–1892) was an Italian sculptor. Born in Milan, he had his initial training in the studios of Antonio Tantardini and a sculptor called Puttinati. He enrolled in the Accademia di Brera. Among his colleagues was Vincenz ...

and

Enrico Butti Enrico Butti (April 3, 1847 – January 21, 1932) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in Milan. He created principally funerary and commemorative monuments. He was professor of sculpture at the Accademia di Brera from 1893 to 1913. Biography ...

. In 1891, at the Triennale of the Brera, he received praise for his sculpture titled ''Emigrata''. In 1894, paradoxically, his sculpture titled ''War'' won a national award from the Society of the Peace. He completed for a site at

Porta Venezia Porta Venezia (formerly known as Porta Orientale, Porta Renza and by other names) is one of the historical gates of the city of Milan, Italy. In its present form, the gate dates back to the 19th century; nevertheless, its origins can be traced bac ...

in Milan, the Monument to

Luciano Manara Luciano Manara (23 March 1825 – 30 June 1849) was a Milanese soldier and politician of the Risorgimento era, who took part in the Roman Republic. Life Manara was born in Milan in 1825. A friend of Carlo Cattaneo, in 1848 he participated in th ...

, left incomplete by Barzaghi. He also completed a Monument to General Dezza for Milan. In 1909, he completed the monument to the Cairoli family in Pavia. He is also known for his works in the Cimitero Monumentale of Milan, including the tomb monument of the Daninos family.Rivista enciclopedica contemporanea
Editore Francesco Vallardi, Milan, (1913), entry by Ugo Nebbia, page 61.

References

1863 births 1913 deaths 19th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Brera Academy alumni {{Italy-painter-19thC-stub