Giovanni De Martino
Giovanni de Martino (3/13 January 1870 – 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor. He made sentimental bronzes, often of street boys, fishermen or women. De Martino was born in Naples on 3 or 13 January 1870, and studied at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti there, under Gioacchino Toma and Stanislao Lista.
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- Name
- Giovanni de Martino
- Born
- 3 or 13 January 1870
- Birthplace
- Naples, Italy
- Field
- sculptor
- Died
- 3 March 1935
- Nationality
- Kingdom of Italy
- Movements
- socialist realism · Verismo
- Education
- Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli
- Teachers
- Stanislao Lista · Gioacchino Toma · Achille D’Orsi
- Known for
- Testa di Scugnizzo · Aragostaio
- Honours
- Paris Salon
- Languages
- Italian · French
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Giovanni de Martino (3/13 January 1870 – 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor. He made sentimental bronzes, often of street boys, fishermen or women. De Martino was born in Naples on 3 or 13 January 1870, and studied at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti there, under Gioacchino Toma and Stanislao Lista.
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Biography
Biography
He spent some time in Paris, where he made small groups of figures. In 1900 he won a prize at the Salon de Paris for a bronze of a fisherman. After his return to Naples his work tended towards social realism. He died in Naples on 3 March 1935.
Giovanni De Martino studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. Training under Stanislao Lista, Gioacchino Toma and Achille D’Orsi is recorded. Angelo Frattini is recorded as having studied under Giovanni De Martino. The recorded working language is Italian and French. Places of work recorded in the authority are Paris and Naples. Residence is recorded at Paris. Works named in the authority record are Testa di Scugnizzo and Aragostaio. Work by Giovanni De Martino is recorded in the collections of Museo Principe Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortés, Naples Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome, Masnago Castle and Museum of modern and contemporary art of Varese. Distinctions recorded are Paris Salon.
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• Name — Giovanni de Martino • Born — 3 or 13 January 1870 • Birthplace — Naples, Italy • Field — sculptor • Works — Scodella vuota • Died — 3 March 1935 • Place of death — Naples, Italy • Illustration — The Shepherd with a Crab, 1916
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At a Sotheby's New York auction in 2008, Giovanni De Martino's Fishermen (1930), a bronze sculpture, was sold for 7.500 US Dollars plus auction fees.
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1870
Giovanni De Martino born at Naples.
1935
Giovanni De Martino died at Naples.
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Giovanni De Martino studied at Accademia di Belle Arti di Napoli. He trained under Stanislao Lista, Gioacchino Toma and Achille D’Orsi. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
Giovanni De Martino received Paris Salon.
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Museo Principe Diego Aragona Pignatelli Cortés, Naples Academy of Fine Arts, Museum of Contemporary Art of Rome and Masnago Castle
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