Ulisse Cambi (22 September 1807 – 7 April 1895) was an Italian sculptor active in

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during the 19th century.

Biography and artworks

Carlo Goldoni Florence Ulisse Cambi 1873

Son of the sculptor

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, he was born in

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where he attended the courses of the local Art High School (''Liceo Artistico'') and then of the ''Accademia''. His training as a sculptor went on in Rome, where he spent 4 years. Back in

after a difficult professional period he managed to get into the artistic milieu of his city. He then become professor at the ''Accademia'',Web-sit
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and

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, who was mainly active in

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. From the 1840s on he realised several important artworks such as the statues of

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for the ground-floor courtyard of the Ufizzi; a Monument to Carlo Goldoni located in front of Ponte alla Carraia in the quartiere of Santa Maria Novella of Florence; and the monumental fountain located in Piazza Duomo of

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. His funeral monuments, like the one devoted to the painter Giuseppe Sabatelli (

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), where particularly appreciated. He completed a monument to Francesco Burlamacchi for the Piazzale San Michele in

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. During his late days the prevailing realistic artistic movement made his neoclassical style becoming old-fashioned and turned away from him the favour of art criticism. He had a studio at Viale Principe Eugenio #20 in Florence. He died in

in 1895 at the age of 87.''Ulisse Cambi '' on Itinerari lorenesi in Toscana
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, as retrieved on 2009-12-24. {{DEFAULTSORT:Cambi, Ulisse 1807 births 1895 deaths Neoclassical sculptors Sculptors from Florence 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors 19th-century Italian male artists