Uriele Vitolo (14 January 1831 - unknown) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

He was born in

Avellino Avellino () is a town and ''comune'', capital of the province of Avellino in the Campania region of southern Italy. It is situated in a plain surrounded by mountains east of Naples and is an important hub on the road from Salerno to Benevento. ...

, Italy. He completed his first studies in design and modelling at the

Academy of Fine Arts of Naples The Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli (Naples Academy of Fine Arts) is a university-level art school in Naples. In the past it has been known as the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti and the Reale Accademia di Belle Arti. Founded by King Charles VII o ...

, earning a scholarship of his province; he joined the studio of Gennaro Cali and was given advice by Antonio Cali. He won medals at public expositions of Naples for 1861, 1863, 1869, 1871, and 1874, he had five medals of honor, of which four were silver, and one gold. In 1861, he was awarded another award in a public competition offered by the king for the design of a monument to Italian national unity. Vitolo generated much competitive enmity from the Neapolitan sculptor

Tito Angelini Tito Angelini (1806–1878) was an Italian sculptor and leader of the Academy of Fine Arts in Naples, where he was born and died. Biography Fountain of the River Amenano in the Piazza del Duomo, Catania His father, Costanzo Angelini, born ...

. Vitolo was able to obtain commissions from afar, including Russia, London, Ireland, Tunisia, Corfù, and Romania. These included the larger than life statue of

Stefan the Great Stephen III of Moldavia, most commonly known as Stephen the Great ( ro, Ștefan cel Mare; ; died on 2 July 1504), was Voivode (or Prince) of Moldavia from 1457 to 1504. He was the son of and co-ruler with Bogdan II, who was murdered in 1451 ...

, made for

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(present day Romania). Among his other works are statue of ''Wounded Diomedes''; ''La riconoscenza''; ''A martyr of the first Crusade''; ''Risen Christ''; ''Kiss of Judas'', ''Narcisus at the fountain''; ''The Prodigal Son''; ''Christ sleeping''; the large monument to

Giovanni da Procida John of Procida ( it, Giovanni da Procida) (1210–1298) was an Italian medieval physician and diplomat. He was born in Salerno, educated in the Schola Medica as a physician. He was a noted physician for his age and received a professorial cha ...

given by the city of

Salerno Salerno (, , ; nap, label= Salernitano, Saliernë, ) is an ancient city and ''comune'' in Campania (southwestern Italy) and is the capital of the namesake province, being the second largest city in the region by number of inhabitants, after ...

. He sculpted various portraits; including of Lincoln, Humboldt, Manzoni, and

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, and at the Cemetery of Naples, on the tomb of a child of the Roccaromana family: an ''Angel who carries a Baby to Heaven''. Vitolo was a member and honorary professor of a number of artistic societies, among them the Royal Institute of Fine Arts of Naples. He has been awarded three gold medals: one from the Scientific Academy of

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, one from the Byzantine Academy of Constantinople, and finally a third from the Circulo Partenopeo Giambattista Vico of Naples. By decree in 1878, the Bey di Tunisia awarded him the Order of Niscian Iflikhau.Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti
by

Angelo de Gubernatis Count Angelo De Gubernatis (1840–26 February 1913), Italian man of letters, was born in Turin and educated there and at Berlin, where he studied philology. He was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature fourteen times. Life In 1862 he wa ...

. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 550-551.

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* 1831 births People from Avellino Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors Year of death missing Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli alumni Academic staff of the Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli {{Italy-sculptor-stub