Renato Marino Mazzacurati (22 July 1907 – 18 September 1969) was an Italian

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and

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belonging to the modern movement of the ''

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(Roman School)'', of eclectic styles and able within his career span to represent the artistic currents of

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, and

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. He believed that art could sustain social functions.

Biography

Moved to

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in 1926, he befriended

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and Raphaël, creating with them an artistic movement called by Italian scholar

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the '' Scuola di via Cavour'' or Scuola Romana. In 1931 Mazzacurati went to

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, where he became particularly interested in the works of

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and

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, as both his pictorial production (between 1931 and 1935) and his sculptures show. Their

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emphasizes the physical structure, as in ''Ritratto del conte N.'' (''Portrait of Count N.'', 1936), or deforms it into monstrously grotesque figures – e.g., see ''Imperatori e Imperatrici'' (''Emperors & Empresses'', 1942–1943). Subsequently, Mazzacurati tended towards a cruder realism, joining in 1947 the "

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". His other works include '' Martyrs’ Monument'' in

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(1960), ''Monumento al Partigiano (Monumento to the Partisan)'' in

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(1964) and the ''Monumento alle quattro giornate'' (''Monument to the Four days of Naples'') in

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. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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Notes

Bibliography

* G.C. Argan, ''Marino Mazzacurati'' on "Atti dell'Accademia Nazionale di S. Luca",

1965-66 *M. Maccari, ''Mazzacurati'', catalogue, Accademia Nazionale di S. Luca,

1966 *V. Martinelli, "Scipione e Mazzacurati pittore", on ''Studi in onore di V. Viale'',

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1967 *''Marino Mazzacurati'', catalogue by the Municipality of

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1983, with essays by R. De Grada, G.C. Argan, R. Guttuso, ''et al.'' *M. De Luca, V. Mazzarella, R. Ruscio, ''Il Museo Marino Mazzacurati (The Mazzacurati Museum)'',

1995

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Mazzacurati
on ''Artcyclopedia''. Accessed 28/05/2011
''Monumento to the Partisan''
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''Fat man with child''
image on ''Ilovefiguresculpture.com''. Accessed 28/05/2011

on ''Scuolaromana.it''. Accessed 28/05/2011

sculpture (1943), image on ''Scuolaromana.it''. Accessed 27/05/2011

oil on canvas (1929), image on ''Scuolaromana.it''. Accessed 27/05/2011

on ''Scultura Italiana''. Accessed 28/05/2011 {{DEFAULTSORT:Mazzacurati, Renato Marino 1907 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian male artists Italian male sculptors People from the Province of Bologna Olympic competitors in art competitions

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