Giuseppe Nicolini (sculptor)

Giuseppe Nicolini (March 4, 1855–?) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

He was born in Palermo, Sicily. Despite being orphan of father, by six years of age, he was able to study decoration and designs, including relief sculpture at the Scuola Tecnica Serale (Night Technical School) of Palermo. He then became artistic director of the commercial (industrial sculpture) studio of Salvatore Coco. One of his brothers was a decorator (painter), and his nephew Giovanni (1872-1956), was a sculptor[1] He learned how to carve ivory, bone, and model in wax. Heworked on the decoration of furniture, including painted pieces. He then established a studio for sculpting in marble, wood, and cement. He won a prize for the design of the reliefs for the Royal School and Museum of Artistic Industry in Palermo. He completed the decoration of the Communal Theater of Siracusa, alongside of the architect professor G. Damiani Almeyda, director of that opera house. he also sculpted a Monument to Francesco Ferrara.[2]


References

  1. ↑ Nicolini collection in Palermo
  2. ↑ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 328.
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