Giacomo Benevelli

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Giacomo Benevelli (1925 in

sculptor.[2]
He was brought up in France.[3] He lived and studied in Nice, Paris, Rome, Aix-en-Provence, Munich. He mainly lived and worked for over forty years in Milan.

Biography

He was the nephew of Anselmo Govi, a painter from Reggio Emilia, who painted the fresco of the dome of the Ariosto Theatre. Benevelli was a member of the Tiberina Academy, an ancient and prestigious institution founded in 1813 with the aim to promote Italian arts and letters; Antonio Canova and Marino Marini belonged to the same institution. Benevelli was awarded the Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts by the Italian Government Presidency for his contributions to the arts.

Since 1957 Benevelli exhibited in Italy and worldwide. His first US exhibition was in 1963 at the

Felix Landau Gallery in Los Angeles
. In 1964 he was invited to the 42nd Venice International Art Biennale with a group of sculptures.[4] In 1966 he was appointed as Head of Sculpture at the
Accademia di Brera in Milan.[3]
Between the late 1960s and the early 1970s he created a series of lamp-sculpture, the most famous is the Roto lamp (1970s) and Arabesque (late 1960s). In 2009 he started a collaboration with the worldwide design and furniture brand
Salone del Mobile
(Milan International Design Fair) and at the AD Home Show in New York (2010).

In 1993 he realized a bronze sculpture called "Teleios", which can be seen in Piazzale Loreto in Milan.

In 2000 the city of Mantua organized a major exhibition of his works in the museum of the historical Casa del Mantegna. A book was published by Edizioni Casa del Mantegna on this occasion.

In 2001, he exhibited his works in the historical Palazzo Isimbardi during an exhibition organized by the city of Milan.

During the 2006

Palazzina di Stupinigi
.

He realised a number of sacred art works for contemporary and ancient churches, and his works are preserved in numerous public and private collections in Italy and worldwide including at the

The British Museum in London.[5]

Bibliography

  • Dalla Pietra all’Ago, Rizzoli, 1983
  • Tre scultori di Milano, Kenjirō Azuma, Giacomo Benevelli, Giancarlo Marchese, 196?
  • Azuma, Benevelli, Marchese: Galleria Mosaico, Chiasso, La Galleria, 1966
  • Benevelli: sculture e disegni : Castello di Sartirana (Pavia), [2 giugno - 9 settembre 1990] Ed. "Centro Studi", 1990
  • Sculture contemporanee nello spazio urbano: Kengiro Azuma, Iginio Balderi, Giacomo Benevelli, Gianfranco Pardi, Giò Pomodoro, Carlo Ramous, Mauro Staccioli. July 1973, Tipo-lito Nuova Step
  • Giacomo Benevelli: forme, Andrea B. Del Guercio, editor S. Benevelli, Photography Cristina Cocullo, Translator R. A. Landon, Casa del Mantegna, 2000,
  • Giacomo Benevelli, Forme al Giardino Malaspina, Pavia - Malaspina Gardens, Pavia, exhibition catalogue, Rossana Bossaglia, Photos by Cristina Cocullo, 2001
  • M. Hopkinson, Italian Prints 1875-1975 (2007), exhibition catalogue, 208 pp., 48 colour, 80 b&w illus. The British Museum, London

References

  1. ^ "Giacomo Benevelli". giacomobenevelli.yolasite.com (in Italian).
  2. .
  3. ^ a b "Giacomo Benevelli - note biografiche". Archivio Attivo Arte Contemporanea (in Italian).
  4. ^ General catalogue. Vol. 32. Premiato Stabilimento C. Ferrari. 1964.
  5. ^ British Museum Catalogues

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