Ercole Drei
Ercole Drei (28 September 1886 – 1 October 1973) was an Italian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
Ercole Drei
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- Name
- Ercole Drei
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 28 September 1886
- Birthplace
- Faenza, Italy
- Died
- 1 October 1973
- Place of death
- Rome, Italy
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Languages
- Italian
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Ercole Drei (28 September 1886 – 1 October 1973) was an Italian sculptor. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1932 Summer Olympics.
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Luciano Minguzzi, Venanzio Baccilieri and Farpi Vignoli are recorded as having studied under Ercole Drei. The recorded working language is Italian. Places of work recorded in the authority are Rome. Work by Ercole Drei is recorded in the collections of Certosa di Bologna.

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• Name — Ercole Drei • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 28 September 1886 • Birthplace — Faenza, Italy • Died — 1 October 1973 • Place of death — Rome, Italy
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- Giuseppe Lipparini, Ercole Drei scultore, Bologna, Zanichelli, 1937
- Franco Bertoni, Ercole Drei scultore, 1886 – 1973, Imola, University Press, Bologna, 1986
- Valerio Rivosecchi, "DREI, Ercole", in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, vol. 41, Roma, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana, 1992.
- M. Quaesada, Ercole Drei in Secessione Romana 1913-1916
- F.Gualdoni, Scultura e ceramica in Italia nel novecento, Bologna, Electa, 1989, p. 164
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