Juan Manuel Ferrari
Juan Manuel Ferrari was an Uruguayan sculptor, born on Montevideo on 21 March 1874 and died in Buenos Aires on 31 October 1919. He studied with his father, sculptor Juan Ferrari in Montevideo and in 1890 traveled to Italy to study under Ettore Ferrari in Rome with a scholarship from the government of Uruguay. Later, while still in Italy he studied under Ercole Rosa at the Royal Institute of Beaux Arts.
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- Name
- Juan Manuel Ferrari
- Born
- 21 May 1874
- Birthplace
- Montevideo, Uruguay
- Died
- 31 October 1919
- Place of death
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Field
- Sculpture
- Training
- Juan Ferrari, (father, sculptor) Ettore Ferrari, Rome Ercole Rosa, Real Instituto de Bellas Artes.
- Nationality
- Uruguay
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Languages
- Spanish
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Juan Manuel Ferrari was an Uruguayan sculptor, born on Montevideo on 21 March 1874 and died in Buenos Aires on 31 October 1919. He studied with his father, sculptor Juan Ferrari in Montevideo and in 1890 traveled to Italy to study under Ettore Ferrari in Rome with a scholarship from the government of Uruguay. Later, while still in Italy he studied under Ercole Rosa at the Royal Institute of Beaux Arts.
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Biography
Ferrari returned to Uruguay in 1896 and opened his own studio. Later on he moved to Buenos Aires and in 1915 he relocated again to Rome.
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Key facts
• Name — Juan Manuel Ferrari • Born — 21 May 1874 • Birthplace — Montevideo, Uruguay • Died — 31 October 1919 • Place of death — Buenos Aires, Argentina • Field — Sculpture • Training — Juan Ferrari, (father, sculptor) Ettore Ferrari, Rome Ercole Rosa, Real Instituto de Bellas Artes. • Works — Monumento a la Independencia Nacional – Florida, Uruguay Cerro de la Gloria, Argentina
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Among his most visible projects he made the following public monuments: • Monument to Juan Antonio Lavalleja, Minas (1902),. • Monument to the Battle of Las Piedras, Las Piedras (1911),. • Monument to General San Martín's Liberation Army, under commission to Mendoza Province in Argentina, Cerro de la Gloria, (1914).
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Origins and background
On origins, the institutional record states the following. Born in 1874 at Montevideo. It is also recorded that juan Manuel Ferrari died in 1919 at Buenos Aires.
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Works and production
The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. Institutional cataloguing adds that juan Manuel Ferrari is recorded as a citizen of Uruguay. Recorded with the gender male. Born on 21 May 1874. It is also recorded that juan Manuel Ferrari died on 31 October 1919.
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Juan Manuel Ferrari was born at Montevideo.
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Juan Manuel Ferrari died at Buenos Aires.
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Montevideo.
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Buenos Aires.
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