Timo Bortolotti (Darfo (Brescia), 1889 – Milan, 1954) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

Bortolotti attended the

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for a short period before leaving to serve in

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, after which he established himself as a sculptor in Brescia and produced the monument to the fallen at

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(1923). He moved to

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in 1924 and it was through contact with the Novecento Italiano movement that his initial realism turned towards an austere form of Classicism. His participation in the Venice Biennale began by invitation with the 17th Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte di Venezia in 1930, which led to an increase in the number of commissions for public works of art. The Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Milan, bought one of his works in 1932 and 1935 was a year of particular success. He was awarded the Savoia-Barbante Prize in

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, held his first solo show at the Galleria Dedalo in Milan and took part in the second Rome Quadrenniale. He was awarded the first prize for foreign sculpture in

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at the Exposition Internationale of 1937.

Exhibition

* "Mostre d'arte in risaia", Mortara, 1936 and 1938, curator Carlo Ernesto Accetti. * VII Sindacale, Milan, 1936 * Esposizione alla Zattera dell'Associazione nazionale marinai in congedo ai Navigli, Milao, 1936, curator Carlo Ernesto Accetti

References

* Antonella Crippa
Timo Bortolotti
online catalogu
Artgate
by

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