Ernesto Lamagna ( born 1945) is a contemporary
Italian
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sculptor. He was born in
Naples
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and lives and works in
Rome
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. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples and has presented in Italy and abroad. His works include:
:the baptistery and the five-meter-tall ''Madonna of Notre Dame du Liban'' for the
Maronite church in Sydney,
Australia
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;
:two sculptures of angels for the Blafford-Owen collection in Houston;
:the bronze portal entrance to the basilica of Santa Maria della Vittoria in
San Vito dei Normanni
San Vito dei Normanni ( Sanvitese: ) is an Italian town of 19,947 inhabitants of the province of Brindisi in Apulia. The inhabitants are called Sanvitesi (or Santuvitisi in dialect) and the town is sometimes referred to as San Vito.
Physical geog ...
, Italy;
:bronze doors in the atrium of the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Bonaria in
Cagliari
Cagliari (, also , , ; sc, Casteddu ; lat, Caralis) is an Italian municipality and the capital of the island of Sardinia, an autonomous region of Italy. Cagliari's Sardinian name ''Casteddu'' means ''castle''. It has about 155,000 inhabitant ...
in
Sardinia
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;
:the Angel of Peace for the atrium of the
CNR (Italian National Research Council) headquarters in Rome;
:the bronze Door of Life for the Mariano sanctuary in
Rodi Garganico
Rodi Garganico (; Garganico: ) is a town and commune in the province of Foggia, Apulia, south-eastern Italy. Located on a promontory east of the Lago di Varano, it is part of the Gargano National Park and of the Mountain Community of Garg ...
in
Foggia
Foggia (, , ; nap, label= Foggiano, Fògge ) is a city and former ''comune'' of Apulia, in Southern Italy, capital of the province of Foggia. In 2013, its population was 153,143. Foggia is the main city of a plain called Tavoliere, also known ...
, Italy;
:the bronze doors for the
San Filippo Neri oratory in
Molfetta
Molfetta (; Molfettese: ) is a town located in the northern side of the Metropolitan City of Bari, Apulia, southern Italy.
It has a well restored old city, and its own dialect.
History
The earliest local signs of permanent habitation are at ...
, Italy;
:the Angel of the Third Millennium in
Barletta
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The city's territory belong ...
, Italy;
:the monument to
Saint Benedict the Moor
Benedict the Moor ( it, Benedetto da San Fratello; 1526 – 4 April 1589) was a Sicilian Franciscan friar who is venerated as a saint in the Catholic church. Born of enslaved Africans in San Fratello, he was freed at birth and became known for ...
in
San Fratello
San Fratello (Gallo-Italic: San Frareau, Sicilian: ''Santu Frateddu'', Greek and Latin: ''Apollonia'', Medieval Latin ''Castrum S. Philadelphi''), formerly San Filadelfo, is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Metropolitan City of Messina in the ...
,
Messina
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in
Sicily
(man) it, Siciliana (woman)
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, Italy;
:the monuments within the Church of the Holy Spirit in
Torremaggiore
Torremaggiore is a town, '' comune'' (municipality) and former seat of a bishopric, in the province of Foggia in the Apulia (in Italian: ''Puglia''), region of southeast Italy.
It lies on a hill, over the sea, and is famous for production of w ...
near Foggia, Italy;
Lamagna was the secretary for sculpture of the
Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters, ''Virtuosi al Pantheon'' in Rome from 1998 to 2003. He is the creator of the processional hammer and cross used in 2000 for the
Great Jubilee
The Great Jubilee in 2000 was a major event in the Catholic Church, held from Christmas Eve (December 24) 1999 to Epiphany (January 6) 2001. Like other previous Jubilee years, it was a celebration of the mercy of God and forgiveness of sins. T ...
, which is now conserved in the Treasures of the Vatican museum. He participated in a collective exhibit in 2000 to which he contributed the ''Angel of Light'' now displayed in the State Basilica of Saint Mary of the Angels in Rome. He contributed the sculpture of ''Ecce mater Dulcissima'' in the 2003 exhibit in Rome to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the pontificate of
Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
.
Between 2004 and 2006, Lamagna created the sculptures for the ''Dehumanitat'' exhibit at the European Parliament in Brussels. In 2007, he presented the exhibit ''Ora Nona'' at Palazzo Venezia in Rome. As of early 2009 he is “embedded” with a contingent of the Italian military as an art instructor to Afghan civilians in
Herat
Herāt (; Persian: ) is an oasis city and the third-largest city of Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and serves as the capital of Herat Province, situated south of the Paropamisus Mountains (''Selseleh-ye Safēd ...
,
Afghanistan
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.
External links
Lamagna home webpage
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20th-century Italian sculptors
20th-century male artists
Italian male sculptors
21st-century Italian sculptors
21st-century male artists
1945 births
Artists from Naples
Living people
Pontifical Academy of Fine Arts and Letters of the Virtuosi al Pantheon