José Fioravanti

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José Fioravanti
Argentine
Known forcivic monuments
Stylesculptor

José Fioravanti (August 4, 1896 – October 10, 1977) was a prolific Argentine sculptor known for the many civic monuments he created.

Life and work

Fioravanti was born in

Salon,[1] winning the First Prize in his category during the 1919 National Salon for his work, My Sister María.[2]

His work during the next several years consisted mainly of Realist

Museum of Modern Art, Madrid, and in the Luxembourg Museum, in Paris.[1]

Fioravanti and his wife, Ludvilla, pose with President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear during a 1928 exhibit. Alvear had the noted sculptor create wall reliefs for the Casa Rosada, whose interiors seemed "cold and denuded."

He then secured two solo exhibitions in Buenos Aires, including a 1928 Friend of the Arts event inaugurated by President Marcelo Torcuato de Alvear, who commissioned Fioravanti to create decorative reliefs for the Casa Rosada's interiors.[3] Fioravanti returned to Paris in 1929. He earned increasing renown in the French capital, and in 1934 was honored with a solo exhibition at the Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume.[4]

Returning to Argentina in 1935, Fioravanti was appointed Professor at the

Villa María, Córdoba (1969).[6]

Another significant series of Fioravanti's work would adorn the National Flag Memorial, a landmark overlooking the Paraná River in the city of Rosario. The memorial, built between 1947 and 1957, would feature Fioravanti's monument to Manuel Belgrano and five allegorical sculptures; these were created in bronze and travertine. It would be the second significant collaboration with Alfredo Bigatti, who created the allegories representing the Four Freedoms for the Roosevelt memorial.[5]

Fioravanti died in 1977, in Buenos Aires.[1]

Images

References

  1. ^ a b c d "José Fioravanti: Homenaje a un escultor". Fundación Creer y Crecer.
  2. ^ a b "José Fioravanti". Biografías y Vidas.
  3. ^ "Malba cierra el año con una importante exposición: "Amigos del Arte 1924–1942"". Pandorama.
  4. ^ "José Fioravanti". Monumento a la Bandera. Archived from the original on 2011-06-26.
  5. ^ a b "Monumentos". Primera Plana.
  6. ^ "Obra escultórica de José Fioravanti en Villa María". El Diario del Centro del País. Archived from the original on 2011-09-28.
  7. ^ Manual informativo de la ciudad de Buenos Aires [Information manual of the city of Buenos Aires] (in Spanish). Buenos Aires, Argentina: Instituto Histórico de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires. 1991. p. 370.
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