This Day in History

May 16, 2019
Italian-American sculptor Attilio Piccirilli was born on 16 May 1866 in Massa Carrara.

May 12, 2019
One of the leaders of Novecento Italiano , Mario Sironi, was born in Sassari, Sardinia on May 12, 1885.

May 9, 2019
Cesare Maccari was born on 9 May 1840 in Siena, where he attended the local Institute of Fine Arts.

May 5, 2019
A relief sculpture from San Martino in Alzano Lombardo depicts the sculptor and architect, Giovan Battista Caniana, in the city where he died on May 5, 1754.

May 2, 2019
On the Tercentenary of the Death of Pierre Le Gros Pierre Le Gros died 300 years ago on 3 May 1719 in Rome where he had been a pre-eminent sculptor.

April 28, 2019
Giovanni Maria Benzoni died on April 28, 1873.

April 18, 2019
Architect Giuseppe Terragni was born in Meda on 18 April 1904.

April 14, 2019
Sculptor, Augusto Rivalta, died on April 14, 1925 in Florence.

April 11, 2019
Architect Donato Bramante died on 11 April 1514 in Rome.

April 7, 2019
In his 1885 publication recounting his exploration of the City of Florence, author Emilio Bacciotti, described Ulise Cambi, who died on April 7th, 1895, as “one of the old glories of the Academy of Fine Arts.” (p.29).