Tolomeo Faccendi (8 November 1905 – 11 September 1970) was an Italian sculptor, active mainly in his native
Tuscany
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Tuscany is known for its landscapes, history, art ...
.
Biography
He trained in the workshop of
Ivo Pacini and became one of the prominent artists of the 20th-century artistic movement in
Grosseto.
Faccendi participated at the
21st Venice Biennale in 1938 and at the
4th Rome Quadriennale in 1943.
He created various public sculptures in his hometown, including the ''
puledro'' (1933), the ''
cinghialino'' (1950), the ''
buttero
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History
The ...
'' (1953), and the statue of ''
saint Francis of Assisi
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'' (1965) next to the
church of San Francesco.
Faccendi sculpted the bronze religious decorations – the ''
Christ the Redeemer'', the ''
Four Evangelists'', the ''
Via Crucis'', and a ''
Pietà
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'' – for the
Basilica of Sacred Heart of Jesus in Grosseto (1954–1960).
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20th-century Italian sculptors
20th-century Italian male artists
Sculptors from Tuscany
1905 births
1970 deaths
People from Grosseto
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