Luigi Tosti ( Piacenza, 1845 - ) was an Italian sculptor. He first studied in the studio of a sculptor named Gregori, then he enrolled to study design at the Istituto Gazzola, under the direction of

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(also called Pietrogiorgi) to become a designer of ornamentation. After learning disegno, also showed skill in figure painting, and he apprenticed with professor

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, who recommended him to try his had at sculpting. Using a stipend from the Gazzola Institute, he came to Florence, where at the first year of his studies, he exhibited two busts: one of a woman peasant, the other a portrait of

Melchiorre Gioia Melchiorre Gioja (10 September 1767 – 2 January 1829) was an Italian writer on philosophy and political economy. His name is spelled Gioia in modern Italian. Biography Gioja was born at Piacenza, in what is now northern Italy. Originally in ...

; afterwards he completed a full-size statue of Torquato Tasso, and designs a monument to painter Gaspare Landi. But to have the Istituto Gazzola continue his pension, he sent a ''San Sebastiano'' back, in a life-size bas-relief. At the Mostra of Florence, he exhibited: ''Le Vergognosa'', which was awarded a silver medal. He then traveled to Rome, where he was commissioned a bust of ''il Giordani''; then traveled to United States. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 525.

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1845 births Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Artists from Piacenza Year of death missing {{Italy-sculptor-stub