Ernesto Galeffi

Ernesto Galeffi, also known as Chiò, (7 February, 1917 - 1986) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

He was born in Montevarchi in Tuscany, where he lived most of his adult life. He was initially a pharmacist, but by the age of 37 years old he took up painting and sculpture. Initially influenced and trained under Constantine Brancusi, by the 1950s and 1960s, his works became more individual.[1] He is best known for his sculptures in bronze, wood, and stucco. A museum displaying many of his works, displayed in a building adjacent to his former house, has been opened in Montevarchi.[2]

References
  1. [https://www.hoepli.it/libro/chio-galeffi--scultore-1917-1986/9788842210306.html Chio Galeffi, scultore, 1917-1986, Catalogo generale dell'opera Plastica, by Alfonso Panzetta.
  2. Celebration in Montevarchi of the centenary of Galeffi's birth, announcement in website of the Comune of Montevarchi.
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