Fermo Forti
Fermo Forti (3 February 1839 – 1911) was an Italian painter and sculptor, active mainly in his native Carpi and Modena. He painted sacred, historic, and genre subjects in a Realist style.
Biography[]
He was born in Cibeno di Carpi in the province of Modena. The father, a house painter, fosters the sons education at the Scuola Elementare Comunale di Disegno of Carpi, where Fermo studies under .[1] He painted for the church of Sant'Adriano III Papa, Spilamberto. In 1874, he also painted in the Carpi Cathedral alongside L. Rossi and A. Lugli. He also painted a Purification of the Virgi (1975) for the church of Panzano, Modena; a Sant'Antonio for the former convent of San Rocco, Carpi; as well as terracotta sculptures of the Madonna Assunta (1906) in the Museo Civico of Carpi and I martiri Gorgomiensi (1874) for the Church of San Nicolò, Carpi.[2]
He died in Carpi.
References[]
- ^ Assicoop Gallery, painters of Modena.
- ^ Istituto Matteucci, short biography.
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