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Pericle Fazzini (4 May 1913 – 4 December 1987) was an Italian painter and sculptor. His large work, ''
La Resurrezione
''La resurrezione'' (''The Resurrection''), HWV 47, is an oratorio by George Frideric Handel, set to a libretto by Carlo Sigismondo Capece (1652–1728). Capece was court poet to Marie Casimire Louise de La Grange d'Arquien, Queen Marie Casimire ...
,'' is installed in the
Aula Paolo VI in the
Vatican City
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* german: Vatikanstadt, cf. '—' (in Austria: ')
* pl, Miasto Watykańskie, cf. '—'
* pt, Cidade do Vati ...
in Rome.
Life
Fazzini was born on 4 May 1913 at
Grottammare
Grottammare is a town and ''comune'' on Italy's Adriatic coast, in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Marche region.
The town is crossed by the 43rd parallel north. Economy is mostly based on summer tourism; other sectors include food and vegetab ...
, in the
province of Ascoli Piceno
The province of Ascoli Piceno ( it, Provincia di Ascoli Piceno) is a province in the Marche region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ascoli Piceno, and the province is bordered by the Adriatic Sea to the east, the Province of Fermo to the nor ...
in the
Marche, to Vittorio Fazzini and Maria Alessandrini. As a boy he worked with his brothers in the family carpentry workshop, where he learned to carve wood. In 1930, with the help of the poet
Mario Rivosecchi, he moved to Rome to study at the
Scuola libera del nudo.
In 1931, he won a competition in
Catania to design a monument to cardinal
Dusmet; it was never made. In 1932 he took part in a competition for the
Pensionato Artistico Nazionale of the
Ministero della Pubblica Istruzione, the Italian ministry of arts and education, and with his
low-relief
Relief is a sculptural method in which the sculpted pieces are bonded to a solid background of the same material. The term ''wikt:relief, relief'' is from the Latin verb ''relevo'', to raise. To create a sculpture in relief is to give the impres ...
''Uscita dall'arca'' ("leaving the ark") won a two-year
bursary
A bursary is a monetary award made by any educational institution or funding authority to individuals or groups. It is usually awarded to enable a student to attend school, university or college when they might not be able to, otherwise. Some awa ...
.
He died in Rome on 4 December 1987.
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Works
* ''Monument to Padre Pio
Francesco Forgione, OFM Cap., better known as Padre Pio and as Saint Pius of Pietrelcina ( it, Pio da Pietrelcina; 25 May 188723 September 1968), was an Italian Franciscan Capuchin friar, priest, stigmatist, and mystic. He is venerated as a ...
'', Piazza Padre Pio, San Giovanni Rotondo (FG)
* '' Resurrezione'', Paul VI Audience Hall
The Paul VI Audience Hall ( it, Aula Paolo VI) also known as the Hall of the Pontifical Audiences is a building in Rome named for Pope with a seating capacity of 6,300, designed in reinforced concrete by the Italian architect Pier Luigi N ...
, Vatican;
* ''Tabernacolo'', Villa Nazareth, Rome
* '' Monumento alla Resistenza'', Ancona
References
1913 births
1987 deaths
20th-century Italian sculptors
20th-century Italian male artists
Italian male sculptors
20th-century Italian painters
Italian male painters
People from the Province of Ascoli Piceno
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