Giovanni de Martino
Giovanni de Martino (3/13 January 1870 – 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor.[1] He made sentimental bronzes, often of street boys, fishermen or women.[2]:200[3]:405
Giovanni de Martino | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 or 13 January 1870 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 3 March 1935 Naples, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | sculptor |
Notable work | Scodella vuota |
De Martino was born in Naples on 3[1] or 13 January 1870,[2]:200 and studied at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti there,[4]:188 under Gioacchino Toma and Stanislao Lista.[5]:325
He spent some time in Paris, where he made small groups of figures.[3]:405 In 1900 he won a prize at the Salon de Paris for a bronze of a fisherman.[5]:325 After his return to Naples his work tended towards social realism.[3]:405
He died in Naples on 3 March 1935.[3]:405
References
- Martino, Giovanni de. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed January 2016. (subscription required)
- Domenico Maggiore (1955). Arte e artisti dell'Ottocento napolitano e scuola di Posillipo: biografie di pittori, incisori, scultori e architetti (in Italian). Napoli: Maggiore.
- Vincenzo Vicario (1994). Gli scultori italiani dal Neoclassicismo al Liberty (in Italian). Lodi: Pomerio. ISBN 9788871213750.
- Costanza Lorenzetti (1953). L'Accademia di belle arti di Napoli (1752–1952) (in Italian). Firenze: Felice Le Monnier.
- Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa (2000). Arte a Napoli dal 1920 al 1945: gli anni difficili (in Italian). Napoli: Electa Napoli. ISBN 9788843585298.
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