Alessandro Mazzucotelli

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Alessandro Mazzucotelli (Lodi, December 30, 1865 - Milan, January 29, 1938) was an Italian craftsman, particularly known as a master ironworker and decorator. A specialist in wrought iron, Mazzucotelli linked his fame to the decorations of the works of the major exponents of Art Nouveau in Italy and abroad.

Biography[]

A. Mazzucotelli

Wrought iron lamppost

villa Ottolini-Tosi, Busto Arsizio

Mazzucotelli was born in Lodi to , an iron merchant originally from Locatello di valle Imagna, and .[1] At the age of 18 he moved to Milan as an apprentice with his brother Carlo in the blacksmith store of , which he later took over in 1891.[2] From 1902 to 1908 the company running the shop was called Mazzucotelli-Engelmann; later he worked alone, first in via Ponchielli and then in 1909 at Bicocca.

Mazzucotelli collaborated with architects such as Giuseppe Sommaruga, , , , Ulisse Stacchini and .[3][4][5]

In his early years he was influenced by the painter who founded the largest Milanese glassworks dedicated to Art Nouveau.[5]

In 1902 he distinguished himself at the first in Turin; , Louis Comfort Tiffany and Peter Behrens participated in it. The following year he made a trip to several European countries together with Eugenio Quarti and on his return, he became a lecturer at the Umanitaria.[2]

In this period of time he completed his first important commissions such as the (now the Post Office) in Milan, the in Busto Arsizio and the and in Mogliano Veneto.

Mazzucotelli used to make a sketch by observing nature, then returned to his workshop to rework it by making a life-size drawing on cardboard and then cut out, so as to have a more concrete vision of his project.[2]

In 1906 he participated alongside Eugenio Quarti at the in Milan, exhibiting the "Gate of Gladioli", now on display at the of Feltre. Remarkable were also the realizations for (via Buonarroti 48) and Casa Tensi (via Vivaio 4) in Milan, the Kursaal of San Pellegrino Terme, and the Palace Grand Hotel in Varese.

His activity intensified after the opening of his new company in Bicocca, in 1909, where he began to work with South American clients and to intervene on celebratory buildings such as the Expiatory Chapel in Monza, the city named a street after him.

In 1922 he founded and directed the Istituto Superiore per le Industrie Artistiche (ISIA) in Monza, where he had as a student and successor to the chair of wrought iron ; he was president of the International Biennial Exhibition of Applied Arts in 1923 where he presented the gate "Groviglio di serpi".

Among the exhibitions in which he participated later include the Exposition Universelle et Internationale in Brussels (1910) and the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et Industriels Modernes in Paris (1925).

He was called by Pompeo Mariani to decorate his villa in Bordighera and Gabriele D'Annunzio for the Vittoriale degli Italiani in Gardone Riviera. In 1929 he was elected deputy to the Chamber in the XXVIII legislature of the Kingdom of Italy.[6]

The City of Milan has named the street Alessandro Mazzucotelli near Viale Forlanini, in the eastern suburbs of the city, after the artist.

Honors[]

Cavaliere del Lavoro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
— 10 marzo 1912[7]
Cavaliere del Lavoro - ribbon for ordinary uniform
— 10 marzo 1912[7]

Works[]

In Italy[]

Detail of the gate of the Expiatory chapel in Monza
The wrought irons depicting plant elements of the in Busto Arsizio
  • Palazzo Castiglioni in Corso Venezia 47 in Milan, designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga
  • in Salsomaggiore Terme (1901; architect Luigi Broggi) entrance canopy, grilles and balustrades[8]
  • in via Spadari 3-5 in Milan (1902, architect )
  • Apostolo house in via Tasso 10 in Milan (1907, architect Stacchini) internal gate and wrought iron balustrades of the balconies
  • House in Corso Magenta 31 in Milan (1909)
  • The "Cancello delle farfalle", in the in via Ausonio 3 in Milan (1904)
  • Casa Campanini in via Bellini 11 in Milan (1904)
  • , , Como (1905-1907)
  • The "Cancello dei gladioli" (1905, now at the Carlo Rizzarda Gallery of Modern Art in Feltre)
  • Railings and gates of , corso Montevecchio 50, Turin (1905)
  • (Liberty Arch. Campanini) in Cernobbio (1905)
  • Sarnico (BG) in 1907
  • now in Sarnico (BG) in 1907
  • Casa Guazzoni in Malpighi street 12 in Milan (1906, architect )
  • (ex-Borsa) in Piazza Cordusio 2 in Milan (1907, architect Luigi Broggi)
  • Villa Romeo (1908; today , architect Giuseppe Sommaruga)
  • The Expiatory Chapel gate in Monza (1910)
  • The Palace of Luigi Cernuschi in Via Bergamo 18 in Monza[9]
  • Villa Mariani in Bordighera (1910), for which he created gates, street lamps, grilles but especially the parapet of the balcony particularly original.
  • The in Salsomaggiore Terme (1911; architect Giuseppe Boni) decorations on the facade[10]
  • in Salsomaggiore Terme (1912; architect Giuseppe Boni)[11]
  • now in Sarnico in 1912
  • , via Cappuccini 8, Milan (1913)
  • The railings, the lamps and the gate of (1923, architect ) (today Conservatory G.Puccini) in La Spezia
  • The wrought iron of Villa Ottolini-Tosi and in Busto Arsizio
  • The chandeliers of the in Caravaggio
  • The Kursaal Diana at the thermal baths of San Pellegrino
  • The Cinema Corso in via Torino, in Milan
  • The street lamps of Piazza del Duomo in Milan
  • The railings, the lamps, the gutters of the hotels , , in Varese, (1908 - 1913, architect Giuseppe Sommaruga)
  • The gate of the Milan Fair in Largo Domodossola (1923)
  • The wrought iron of , La Spezia (1923)
  • The railings of the Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana (1923)
  • The chandeliers of , Galleria Vittorio Emanuele II (1925)
  • The gates and the small trees of the (via Tamburini 8) in Milan (1925)
  • Pathé Palace in via Luigi Settembrini 11 - Milan
  • Door and candelabra of the staircase of Palazzo della Loggia in Brescia
  • The gate of Villa Facheris in Inzago (MI)
  • Appliques of the restaurant Napoli in Palermo by Carmelo Ingrao (1912)
  • Cambiaghi's house (1903-1904) by Ulisse Stacchini with wrought iron by Alessandro Mazzucotelli in via Carlo Pisacane, 22, 20129 Milan
  • Casa Tensi, (1907-1909) by Ernesto Pirovano, wrought irons by Alessandro Mazzucotelli, cements by Pirovano in via Vivaio, 4, 20122 Milan
  • Savini - Pensilina di Mazzucotelli, via Ugo Foscolo, 5, 20121 Milan

Abroad[]

Gallery[]

  • Casa Tensi, Milan

  • Casa Campanini, Milan (1904)

  • , Milan (1904)

  • , cancellata, Busto Arsizio

  • Casa Guazzoni, cancello, Milan

  • Cancello della Fiera di Milano

  • Particolare della cancellata del , Milan

  • Villa Mariani, cancelletto, Bordighera

  • Bozzetto preparatorio eseguito in ferro battuto dall'artista Mazzucotelli per cancello dei Gladioli. Il bozzetto è stato esposto alla mostra “Espressioni Liberty in ferro battuto. Mazzucotelli, e Sommaruga”, curata da Andrea Speziali nei Magazzini del Sale a Cervia, 2019.

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "MAZZUCOTELLI, Alessandro in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  2. ^ a b c "E. Quarti and A. Mazzucotelli, two protean figures: artists, artisans, industrialists, teachers". Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  3. ^

    Onesti, C.

    — pp. 98
  4. ^ Giuseppe M. Jonghi Lavarini (1987). Ferri battuti, volume 2. Di Baio. ISBN 88-70801551.
  5. ^ a b (June 1938). "Argo | Revista Trimestrale" (Anno X, 2). Milan: Per Cura Della Unione Italiana Ciechi: 27. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help)
  6. ^ "Archivio Camera". Archived from the original on 13 March 2016. Retrieved 13 January 2016.
  7. ^ a b "Ricerca Avanzata". www.cavalieridellavoro.it. Retrieved November 11, 2021.
  8. ^ "Grand Hotel Des Thermes". www.italialiberty.it. Archived from the original on 25 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.
  9. ^ Valeriana Maspero (2007). Storia di Monza. Vittone Editore. p. 228. ISBN 88-88478-08-6.
  10. ^ "Albergo Regina". www.amicidisalsomaggiore.it.
  11. ^ "Gabbia del Pozzo Scotti". www.visitsalsomaggiore.it. Archived from the original on 24 May 2019. Retrieved 25 May 2019.

Bibliography[]

  • Pica, Vittorio, Alessandro Mazzucotelli, Milan, Galleria Pesaro, s.d.
  • Bossaglia, Rossana, Hammacher, Arno M. , Mazzucotelli: l'artista italiano del ferro battuto liberty, Ed. italiana, inglese e tedesca, Milano, Il Polifilo, 1971 - ISBN
  • Giuseppe Maria Jonghi Lavarini, Franco Magnani, Sette secoli di ferro: Manuale pratico per riconoscere gli stili e giudicare la qualità del ferro battuto Con un'appendice su Alessandro Mazzucotelli, Milano, Di Baio Editore, 1991 - ISBN
  • Ferro e liberty: Alessandro Mazzucotelli, architettura, fabbri di oggi, a cura del Gruppo architettura storia dell'arte, Comune di Monza, Biblioteca civica, Milan, Magma, [1979?]
  • L'ISIA a Monza una scuola d'arte europea, a cura di Rossana Bossaglia e Alberto Crespi, Cinisello Balsamo (Milano), Amilcare Pizzi, 1986.
  • Augusto Vecchi, "Il grande libro del ferro battuto", New Book, La Spezia, 2004 - ISBN

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