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Karel Appel Sam Francis Paul Jenkins Nicholas Krushenik Reuben Nakian Norman Bluhm Larry Rivers Julian Stanczak Jiro Takamatsu Antoni Tapies Sofu Teshigahara Victor Vasarely Andy Warhol Henry Moore Marino Marini Jean-Paul Riopelle Fernand Leger Mark Wiener Roberto Matta John Matos |
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Marino Marini | |||||
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| Marino Marini (February
27, 1901 - August 6, 1980) was an Italian sculptor. Born
in Pistoia, Marini is particularly famous for his series
of stylised equestrian
statues, which feature a man with outstretched
arms on a horse. Probably the most famous example is The
Angel of the City at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice.
He attended the Accademia di Belle Arti in Florence in 1917.
Although he
never abandoned painting, Marini devoted himself primarily
to sculpture from about 1922. From this time his work was
influenced by Etruscan art and the sculpture of Arturo Martini.
Marini succeeded
Martini as professor at the Scuola d’Arte di Villa Reale in Monza,
near Milan, in 1929, a position he retained until 1940. His
paintings were exhibited for the first time at Toninelli Arte Moderna
in
Milan in 1963–64.
In 1973 a permanent installation of his work opened at the
Galleria d’Arte
Moderna in Milan, and in 1978 a Marini show was presented
at the National Museum of Modern Art in Tokyo. Marini died in Viareggio. |
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