Achille D'Orsi

Achille D'Orsi (6 August 1845 – 8 February 1929) was an Italian sculptor from Naples.[1] Like his Neapolitan contemporary, Vincenzo Gemito, he worked in the Verismo style of Realism.[2][3]

Achille D'Orsi
Monument to Umberto I, king of Italy, in Naples (1911)
Born
6 August 1845

Naples, Italy
Died8 February 1929
Naples
NationalityItalian
EducationAccademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
Tito Angelini
Known forsculpture
MovementVerismo

References
  1. Luciana Soravia (1992). D'Orsi, Achille (in Italian). Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani, volume 41. Roma: Istituto dell’Enciclopedia Italiana. Accessed January 2016.
  2. Maria Mimita Lamberti. D’Orsi, Achille. Grove Art Online. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (subscription required)
  3. Orsi, Achille d'. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. (subscription required)


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