Silvio Sbricoli

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Silvio Sbricoli (1864–1911) was an Italian sculptor and painter.

He was born in Rome. As a young man he worked for many years in the studio of the French sculptor Prosper d'Épinay. He was active inside and near Rome, producing numerous statues, monuments, and portraits in a Realist style. He completed the monument to Giuseppe Verdi (circa 1904) in Viterbo. He also completed the statue of Papinian (1899) for the Palace of Justice, Rome.[1] At the 1884 Exposition of Fine Arts in Turin, he exhibited two portrait busts in bronze stucco; and at the National Artistic Exposition in Venice of 1887, he sent Un bricconcello. The next year at the Exposition of Bologna, he exhibited a painting titled: Dichi a' mme![2]

References

  1. ^ Article in Rivista d'Italia, Volume 3, page 777.
  2. ^ ‘‘Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.’’, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 457.