Giuseppe Ugolino
Giuseppe Ugolino (Reggio Emilia, 1826 – San Felice Circeo, 1897) was an Italian sculptor and painter.
He was a pupil in Reggio of Prospero Minghetti, but traveled to Rome and Milan to pursue his work as a portraitist in both oil or marble.[1] He also made engravings.
He completed two large frescoes (now lost) for the church of
In Milan he completed an oil portrait of King Umberto I and Vittorio Emanuele II. In Rome he completed two marble portraits of queen Margherita. He sculpted busts of the painter Hayez, Father Secchi, Alessandro Manzoni, and Marco Minghetti. Other works by Ugolini are: Il messaggero inconscio and II fido messaggero, exhibited at Rome and Turin. He was made a knight of the Order of the Crown of Italy.[2]
References
- ^ Fondazione Cariplo short biography.
- ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti., by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 530.
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