Giovanni Antonio Stuardi

Giovanni Antonio Stuardi (Poirino, Piedmont, 1862 -1938) was an Italian sculptor.

Biography

Born in Piemont, and active and resident in Turin. He was a pupil of Odoardo Tabacchi at the Accademia Albertina, and later of a sculptor Belli.

He completed many of the funereal monuments in the cemeteries of Turin and other towns in Piedmont, including bas-reliefs and portraits, among them, the stucco bust of Lupercus, exhibited at Turin, in 1884; and the statue: Savoia, exhibited in Livorno, in 1886, and in Venice, in 1887, where he exhibited: Flower of the countryside.[1]

In 1889, he displayed a statue of Charity at the Promotrice of Turin, which was acquired by the King. He also completed the Madonna delle Vette on the Rocciamelone's top , which was cast in bronze. He also complete the Monument to Don Bosco a Castelnuovo Don Bosco.[2]

References

  1. ^ Pittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato della Esposizione Retrospettiva 1892., A. Stella, Stamperia Reale della ditta G.B. Paravia e Compagnia. Turin, 1893, page 499.
  2. ^ Biography of Stuardi


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