Ulisse Cambi
Ulisse Cambi | |
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Fountain sculpted by Ulisse Cambi in Prato (Italy) | |
Born | |
Died | 7 April 1895 | (aged 87)
Nationality | Italian |
Education | Accademia di Belle Arti Firenze |
Known for | Sculpture |
Movement | neoclassical |
Patron(s) |
Ulisse Cambi (22 September 1807 – 7 April 1895) was an Italian sculptor active in Tuscany during the 19th century.
Biography and artworks[]
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Son of the sculptor , he was born in Florence where he attended the courses of the local Art High School (Liceo Artistico) and then of the Accademia. His training as a sculptor went on in Rome, where he spent 4 years.
Back in Florence after a difficult professional period he managed to get into the artistic milieu of his city. He then become professor at the Accademia,[1] teaching sculpture and influencing several well-known Italian artists as Giovanni Dupré from Siena[2] and Giorgio Ceragioli,[3] who was mainly active in Piemonte. From the 1840s on he realised several important artworks such as the statues of Benvenuto Cellini for the ground-floor courtyard of the Ufizzi; a Monument to Carlo Goldoni located in front of Ponte alla Carraia in the quartiere of Santa Maria Novella of Florence; and the monumental fountain located in Piazza Duomo of Prato.
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His funeral monuments, like the one devoted to the painter Giuseppe Sabatelli (Basilica of Santa Croce, Florence), where particularly appreciated.[1] He completed a monument to for the Piazzale San Michele in Lucca. During his late days the prevailing realistic artistic movement made his neoclassical style becoming old-fashioned and turned away from him the favour of art criticism. He had a studio at Viale Principe Eugenio #20 in Florence. He died in Florence in 1895 at the age of 87.[4]
References[]
- The initial version of this article was based on a translation of its equivalent on the Italian Wikipedia, as retrieved on 2009-12-24.
- ^ Jump up to: a b Web-site www.answers.com (accessed on 19 August 2009)
- ^ Giovanni Duprè, AbacuSistemArte - cured by Paolo Cesari; 2006, as reported on www.paolocesari.com Archived 2008-01-05 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on 29 January 2010)
- ^ Giorgio Ceragioli, article on the Torino city council official web-site www.comune.torino.it[permanent dead link] (accessed on 29 January 2010)
- ^ Ulisse Cambi on Itinerari lorenesi in Toscana - www.itinerarilorenesi.it Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine (accessed on 19 August 2009)
- 1807 births
- 1895 deaths
- Neoclassical sculptors
- Sculptors from Florence
- 19th-century Italian sculptors
- Italian male sculptors