Publio Morbiducci (28 August 1889 – 31 March 1963) was an Italian

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was active in projects for the Mussolini government. In 1932, he completed most of the sculptures of the Monument to the Bersaglieri, Porta Pia, Rome. In 1937 he was named to the

Accademia di San Luca The Accademia di San Luca (the "Academy of Saint Luke") is an Italian academy of artists in Rome. The establishment of the Accademia de i Pittori e Scultori di Roma was approved by papal brief in 1577, and in 1593 Federico Zuccari became its fi ...

and in 1938 his ''Discus thrower at Rest'' was added to the statues of the Stadio dei Marmi. In 1939, he completes the marble frieze of the Palazzo degli Uffici all'EUR.

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Bibliography

* ''Publio Morbiducci. Pitture, sculture, medaglie, catalogo della mostra all'Accademia Nazionale di S. Luca'', ed. N. Cardano, Edizioni De Luca, 1999 * ''Publio Morbiducci. Sculture dipinti disegni'', introduction by C. Strinati, Artemide edizioni, 2000 * ''Il corpo in corpo'', ed. B. Mantura, Spoleto, 1990 * Vittorio Sgarbi (ed.), ''Scultura italiana del primo Novecento'', Bologna, Grafis Edizioni, 1993, pp. 174–175, SBN IT\ICCU\CFI\0264302 * ''Publio Morbiducci, Disegni'', ed. Nicoletta Cardano, Ed. Bottarel & Fol, Brescia, 2007 * ''Publio Morbiducci, catalogo ragionato dell'opera xilografica'', ed. F. Parisi, Ed. TIF, Crocetta di Montello (TV), 2013

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