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Giannino Castiglioni
Giannino Castiglioni in his workshop, circa 1925.jpg
In his workshop, circa 1925, working on the sculptures for the Palacio Legislativo of Montevideo, Uruguay
Born (1884-05-04)4 May 1884
Milan, Italy
Died 27 August 1971(1971-08-27) (aged 87)
Lierna, Italy
Nationality Italian
Education Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera
Known for sculpture, medals
Movement Art Nouveau

Giannino Castiglioni (4 May 1884 – 27 August 1971) was an Italian sculptor and medallist. He worked mostly in monumental and funerary sculpture; his style was representational, and far from the modernist and avant-garde trends of the early twentieth century.

Life

Giannino Castiglioni was born on 4 May 1884 in Milan, the son of Giacomo Castiglioni and Piera Bergamaschi. His father was director of the Stefano Johnson mint in that city.

Giannino Castiglioni's signature
Giannino Castiglioni's signature

Castiglioni studied sculpture under Enrico Butti at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera in Milan. He first exhibited at the Milan International Exhibition in 1906, where he showed medals, a plaster statue and a painting. Castiglioni first opened a large studio on the Corso di Porta Nuova, and in 1927 he opened a second studio at his house in Lierna, on Lake Como.

He married Livia Bolla, with whom he had four children: Livio (b. 1911), Pier Giacomo (b. 1913) and Achille (b. 1918). A daughter named Piera died in her infancy and is memorialised with a funerary sculpture by her father.

He died in Lierna on 27 August 1971.

Giannino Castiglioni e i figli Achille, Livio e Pier Giacomo Castiglioni a Lierna Lago di Como
Castiglioni family portrait with sons Achille, Livio, and Pier Giacomo (1922)

Work

From 1922 until 1928 Castiglioni worked on the plaster casts for friezes and monumental sculptures for the Palacio Legislativo of Montevideo, Uruguay; these were shipped to Uruguay, and the bronze or marble sculptures were made there. In the Fascist era he worked on sculptures for war cemeteries and monuments to the dead of the First World War, including: the military memorial of Monte Grappa (1935) in the Veneto; the Tempio Ossario di Timau [it] (1937) in the comune of Paluzza, Udine; the military ossuary of Caporetto, now Kobarid, Slovenia; and the war memorial of Redipuglia (1938) in the province of Gorizia. In 1941 he made the tomb of Pope Pius XI in the Vatican Grottoes.

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