Bust Of Christian Wahl
''Christian Wahl'' is a public artwork by Italy, Italian artist Gaetano Trentanove located in Lake Park, Milwaukee, Lake Park, which is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. The bronze bust of Milwaukee businessman Christian Wahl was created in 1903, and is set atop a red granite pedestal. Altogether it measures 8 feet in height. Description The bronze bust (sculpture), bust of Christian Wahl depicts a kindly balding older gentleman sporting a beard and mustache, and wearing an overcoat, suit and tie. The sculpture sits on a red granite base with an inscription on the back stating: "He gave / his ripest years and study / to the parks / rewarded alive / by / grateful remembrance". This inscription is signed.
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Gaetano Trentanove
Gaetano Trentanove (February 21, 1858 – March 13, 1937) was an Italian and American sculptor. Biography Trentanove was born in Florence, Grand Duchy of Tuscany, a goldsmith's son. He studied at the Florentine Academy; he was later named honorary scholar of this academy and Parma. Trentanove had an active early career in Italy. He completed ''Gaddo movente'' (his first work), awarded a gold medal by the Società Promotrice delle Belle Arti. He completed both a full size statue for his palace and a funereal monument for Count Alfredo Serristori for the cemetery of Figline. He sculpted the sculptural group ''Tito Vezio e Licena''. he sculpted the monument of Signora Fraschetti, placing a crown of flowers on the tomb of her husband in San Miniato. He completed many portrait busts including one of Federigo Campanella. He designed a statue raised on the loggie of the Mercato Nuovo of Florence. Trentanove opened a studio in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as a result of friendships made in ...
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