Giannino Castiglioni
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Giannino Castiglioni | |
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 In his workshop, circa 1925, working on the sculptures for the Palacio Legislativo of Montevideo, Uruguay | |
| Born | 4 May 1884 Milan, Italy |
| Died | 27 August 1971 (aged 87) Lierna, Italy |
| Education | Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera |
| Known for | sculpture, medals |
| Movement | Art Nouveau |
Giannino Castiglioni (4 May 1884 – 27 August 1971) was an Italian sculptor and medallist. He worked mostly in monumental and funerary sculpture; his style was representational, and far from the modernist and avant-garde trends of the early twentieth century.[1]
Giannino Castiglioni was born on 4 May 1884 in Milan, the son of Giacomo Castiglioni and Piera Bergamaschi. His father was director of the Stefano Johnson mint in that city.[2][3]
Castiglioni studied sculpture under Enrico Butti at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. He first exhibited at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906, where he showed medals, a plaster statue and a painting.[2] Castiglioni first opened a large studio on the Corso di Porta Nuova,[1] and in 1927 he opened a second studio at his house in Lierna, on Lake Como.[4]
He married Livia Bolla, with whom he had four[citation needed] children: Livio (b. 1911), Pier Giacomo (b. 1913) and Achille (b. 1918). A daughter named Piera died in her infancy and is memorialised with a funerary sculpture by her father.[5]
He died in Lierna on 27 August 1971.[2]
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