Bruno Innocenti

Bruno Innocenti (4 February 1906 – 3 October 1986) was an Italian artist and educator, known for his sculptures.[1]

The Statue of Christ the Redeemer of Maratea (1965) by Bruno Innocenti, located in Maratea, Italy

About

Bruno Innocenti was born on 4 February 1906 in Florence, Italy.[1] He was the son of a goldsmith, Natale Innocenti, and his mother was Giulietta Freschi.[1]

Between 1920 until 1923, he attended Istituto Statale d'arte di Firenze (Porta Romana Institute of Arts in Florence, or State Institute of Art of Florence of Porta Romana) and studied under Libero Andreotti.[1] He attended his Italian military service in Verona, and returned to Florence in 1926 to work as Andreotti's art assistant.[2]

After the death of Libero Andreotti in 1933, Innocenti took over the role as Chair of Sculpture at Istituto Statale d'arte di Firenze, where he stayed until 1975.[1] Students of Innocenti included Giuliano Vangi,[3] Renzo Fenci,[4] Piero Tredici, Loreno Sguanci, and Raffaello Arcangelo Salimbeni.

His work, "Portrait of a young man", from the Gallery of Modern Art, Florence was featured in the 1939 New York World's Fair in the Italian Pavilion.[5]

He died 3 October 1986 in Florence, Italy.[1]

Personal life

He married Elsie Rowe on October 31, 1938.[6] Together they had a daughter, Marta (born 1940) and a son, Stefano.[1][7]

References
  1. Peron, Patrizia. "Innocenti, Bruno in "Dizionario Biografico"" [Innocenti, Bruno in Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 62 (2004)]. www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. "Biographical Notes". Fondazione Cristo Redentore di Maratea. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. "Sculptor Giuliano Vangi". The State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg. Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  4. "Renzo Fenci (1914)". Artprice.com. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  5. "Mostra d'arte contemporanea italiana = Exhibition of Italian contemporary art". Wolfsonian.org. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  6. "Archive Correspondents: Innocenti Bruno (sculptor), Innocenti Enzo (sculptor)"". GNAM - Opac Galleria Nazionale di Arte Moderna. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  7. Barnard College Alumnae Monthly. Barnard College. Barnard College. October 1940.CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: date and year (link)
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