Giulio monteverde biography samples

Italian sculptor (–)

Not to be confused with Giulio Cesare Monteverdi.

Giulio Monteverde (8 October – 3 October ) was an Italian naturalist sculptor and teacher.

Biography

Monteverde was born in Bistagno, Italy and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome.

He later became a professor there.^[1] Among his students were Yulia Brazol, Lola Mora and Victor de Pol, who both developed significant public work in Buenos Aires.

He was made an Officer in the Legion d'Honneur in and an Italian Senator in He died in Rome in , five days shy of his 80th birthday.^[1]

Principal works

• Bambini che giocano con il gatto (Children playing with a cat), ()
• Pantheon of the Marquess of la Gándara: marbel angel, San Isidro Cemetery, Madrid
• Monument to Raffaele Pratolongo, () – Genoa, Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno
• Colombo giovinetto (The boy Columbus) ()
• Genio di Franklin (Franklin's genius) ()
• Jenner colto nell'atto d