Luigi Secchi (1853 in

Cremona Cremona (, also ; ; lmo, label= Cremunés, Cremùna; egl, Carmona) is a city and ''comune'' in northern Italy, situated in Lombardy, on the left bank of the Po river in the middle of the ''Pianura Padana'' ( Po Valley). It is the capital of th ...

– 1921 in

Miazzina Miazzina is a ''comune'' (municipality) in the Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Italian region Piedmont, located about northeast of Turin and about northeast of Verbania. As of 31 December 2004, it had a population of 415 and an area of .A ...

) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

Humberto Primo relief op Castello Sforzesco

He was born in

, but resided during his career mostly in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

. He was initially a pupil of Pietro Magni, and then of

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 ...

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 ...

. He worked on statues in bronze and marble. He exhibited in 1883 in Milan, a bronze statue titled: ''Modello in Riposo''. His work ''Bel mattino'' was awarded at the 1883 Girotti competition. In 1884, in Turin, he exhibited a model for ''In Repose''. In 1886 in Milan, he exhibited this statue in marble. He was commissioned a number of monuments in and around Milan. These include the ''Monument to the poet

Giuseppe Parini Giuseppe Parini (23 May 1729 – 15 August 1799) was an Italian enlightenment satirist and poet of the neoclassic period. Biography Parini (originally spelled Parino) was born in Bosisio (later renamed Bosisio Parini in his honour) in Brianza ...

'', (1899) at the piazza Cordusio, Milan. The base was completed with Antonio Beltrami and inaugurated on the centenary of the writer's death.Milan Tourism Site
entry on Parini Monument. One of his masterworks is his monument to

Verdi Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...

made for town where the composer lived.

Gallery

Image:6403 - Milano - San Fedele - Luigi Secchi (1853-1921), L'ultima comunione del Manzoni (1903) - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 14-Feb-2008.jpg, ''Last Communion of Manzoni, (1903) plaque in the Church of

San Fedele, Milan San Fedele is a Jesuit church in Milan, northern Italy. It is dedicated to St. Fidelis of Como, patron of the Catholic diocese of Como. Presently it remains a parish church, owned by the Jesuit order, though focusing on religious works. History ...

Image:IMG 5068 - Intra - Monumento a Pietro Ceretti (1823-1884)- Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto - 3 febr 2007.jpg, ''Monument to Pietro Ceretti'' (1895), in

Verbania Verbania (, , ) is the most populous ''comune'' (municipality) and the capital city of the province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy. It is situated on the shore of Lake Maggiore, about north-west of Milan and ab ...

, Italy. Image:MonumentoMacMahon12-06-09.jpg, ''Monument to Patrice Edme Maurice de Mac Mahon'' (1895) in Magenta, Italy Image:9337 - Milano - Giardini Pubblici - Monumento a Gaetano Negri (1830-1902) - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007.jpg, ''Monument to

Gaetano Negri Gaetano Negri (July 11, 1838 – July 31, 1902) was an Italian geologist, writer and politician. He was the 3rd mayor of Milan. He served in the Chamber of Deputies of the Kingdom of Italy The Kingdom of Italy ( it, Regno d'Italia) was a st ...

'' (1908). Image:9324 - Milano - Giardini Pubblici - Monumento a Giuseppe Giacosa - Foto Giovanni Dall'Orto 22-Apr-2007.jpg, ''Monument to

Giuseppe Giacosa Giuseppe Giacosa (21 October 1847 – 1 September 1906) was an Italian poet, playwright and librettist. Life He was born in Colleretto Parella, now Colleretto Giacosa, near Turin. His father was a magistrate. Giuseppe went to the University of ...

'' (1910).

References

1853 births 1921 deaths Artists from Cremona Brera Academy alumni 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian male artists 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Sculptors from Lombardy 19th-century Italian male artists {{Italy-sculptor-stub