Alessandro Mazzucotelli ( Lodi, December 30, 1865 -

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and decorator. A specialist in

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, Mazzucotelli linked his fame to the decorations of the works of the major exponents of

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and abroad.

Biography

Mazzucotelli was born in Lodi to Giovanni Valente, an

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originally from

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di valle Imagna, and Rosa Caprara. At the age of 18 he moved to

as an apprentice with his brother Carlo in the

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store of Defendente Oriani, which he later took over in 1891. From 1902 to 1908 the company running the shop was called Mazzucotelli-Engelmann; later he worked alone, first in via Ponchielli and then in 1909 at Bicocca. Mazzucotelli collaborated with architects such as

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, Gaetano Moretti, Ernesto Pirovano, Franco Oliva,

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and Silvio Gambini. In his early years he was influenced by the painter Giovanni Beltrami who founded the largest Milanese glassworks dedicated to

. In 1902 he distinguished himself at the first International Exhibition of Modern Decorative Art in

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; Charles Rennie Mackintosh,

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and

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participated in it. The following year he made a trip to several European countries together with Eugenio Quarti and on his return, he became a lecturer at the Umanitaria. In this period of time he completed his first important commissions such as the Palazzo dell'ex Borsa (now the Post Office) in Milan, the Villa Ottolini-Tosi in

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and the Ville Fabbro and Villa Antonini in

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. Mazzucotelli used to make a sketch by observing nature, then returned to his workshop to rework it by making a life-size drawing on cardboard and then cut out, so as to have a more concrete vision of his project. In 1906 he participated alongside Eugenio Quarti at the International Exhibition of Sempione in Milan, exhibiting the "Gate of Gladioli", now on display at the Gallery of Modern Art Carlo Rizzarda of

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. Remarkable were also the realizations for Villa Faccanoni-Romeo (via Buonarroti 48) and Casa Tensi (via Vivaio 4) in Milan, the Kursaal of

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, the Palace Grand Hotel and the

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. His activity intensified after the opening of his new company in Bicocca, in 1909, where he began to work with

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n clients and to intervene on celebratory buildings such as the Expiatory Chapel in

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, the city named a street after him. In 1922 he founded and directed the

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(ISIA) in Monza, where he had as a student and successor to the chair of wrought iron Gino Manara; he was president of the International Biennial Exhibition of Applied Arts in 1923 where he presented the gate "Groviglio di serpi". Among the exhibitions in which he participated later include the Exposition Universelle et Internationale in

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(1910) and the

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(1925). He was called by Pompeo Mariani to decorate his

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and Gabriele D'Annunzio for the Vittoriale degli Italiani in

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. In 1929 he was elected deputy to the Chamber in the XXVIII legislature of the

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. The City of Milan has named the street Alessandro Mazzucotelli near Viale Forlanini, in the eastern suburbs of the city, after the artist.

Мuseum

* Museum Wolfsonian-FIU, Florida United States *

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, Paris * Villa Bernasconi Museum, Cernobbio Lake Como * Carlo Rizzarda Modern Art Gallery * Civic Collection of Prints Achille Bertarelli, Sforza Castle, Milan * National Museum of Science and Technology "Leonardo da Vinci" Wolfsonian-FIU Museum - IMG 8197

Honors

Works

Milan

* Piazza del Duomo street lamps with

Giannino Castiglioni 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 earl ...

* Savini cafe - Pensilina di Mazzucotelli, via Ugo Foscolo, 5, 20121 * Palazzo Zanoni (1886) in Viale Bligny 60; architect:

* House of black cat (1889) in Corso Monforte 43; architect :

* Bar Camparino,

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(1925),the chandeliers * Palazzo Castiglioni (1903) in Corso Venezia 47; architect:

* The gate of the

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in Largo Domodossola (1923) * Casa Ferrario (1902) in via Spadari 3–5; architect: Ernesto Pirovano * Casa Apostolo (1907) in via Tasso 10; architect Stacchini, internal gate and wrought iron balustrades of the balconies * Casa (1909) in Corso Magenta 31 * Casa de Moneta, ''Cancello delle farfalle'' (1904) in via Ausonio 3 * Casa Campanini (1904) in via Bellini 11 *

Casa Guazzoni Casa Guazzoni is a building at via Malpighi 12 in Milan in the Liberty style, or Italian Art Nouveau. History of the building It was planned by architect Giovanni Battista Bossi (1864–1924) in 1904–1906 on behalf of Cav. Giacomo Guazzoni, w ...

(1906) in Malpighi street 12; architect: Giovanni Battista Bossi * Palazzo della Posta (1907) (ex-Borsa) in Piazza Cordusio 2; architect Luigi Broggi *

Villa Romeo Faccanoni Villa Romeo Faccanoni is an Liberty style house located on Via Michelangelo Buonarroti #48 in the city of Milan, region of Lombardy, Italy. The three-story house, surrounded by a small garden, was designed by Giuseppe Sommaruga and built between ...

(1908) today ''Clinica Columbus'', architect:

* Palazzo Berri-Meregalli (1913) via Cappuccini 8, * Cinema Corso in via Torino, * Palazzo della Banca Commerciale Italiana (1923), the railings * Maria Luisa Villa (1925) in via Tamburini 8; the gates and the small trees *

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Palace in via Luigi Settembrini 11 * Cambiaghi's house (1903-1904) by

with wrought iron by Mazzucotelli in via Carlo Pisacane, 22, 20129 * Casa Tensi, (1907-1909) by Ernesto Pirovano, wrought irons by Alessandro Mazzucotelli, cements by Pirovano in via Vivaio, 4, 20122

Sarnico

* Villa Pietro Faccanoni (1907) now Villa Passeri in

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(BG) * Villa Giuseppe Faccanoni (1907) Sarnico in 1907 * Villa Luigi Faccanoni (1912) now Villa Surre in Sarnico

Elsewhere in Italy

* Villa Bernasconi (1905) (Liberty Arch. Campanini) in Cernobbio * Expiatory Chapel gate (1910) in Monza * Villa Mariani in

(1910), for which he created gates, street lamps, grilles but especially the parapet of the balcony particularly original. * The Grand Hotel Regina in Salsomaggiore Terme (1911; architect Giuseppe Boni) decorations on the facade * Gabbia del pozzo Scotti in Salsomaggiore Terme (1912; architect Giuseppe Boni) * The railings, the lamps and the gate of Villa Marmori (1923, architect Franco Oliva) (today Conservatory G.Puccini) in

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* The railings, the lamps, the gutters of the hotels Campo dei Fiori,

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, Ristorante Belvedere in

, (1908 - 1913, architect

) * The wrought iron of Villa Marmori, La Spezia (1923) * Door and candelabra of the staircase of Palazzo della Loggia in

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* The gate of Villa Facheris in Inzago (MI) * Appliques of the restaurant Napoli in Palermo by Carmelo Ingrao (1912) * Dosso Pisani (1905-1907) Cardina,

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* "Cancello dei gladioli" (1905) now at the Carlo Rizzarda Gallery of Modern Art in

* Railings and gates of Casa Maffei, corso Montevecchio 50,

(1905) * Grand Hôtel des Thèrmes in

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(1901; architect Luigi Broggi) entrance canopy, grilles and balustrades * The wrought iron of Villa Ottolini-Tosi and Villa Ottolini-Tovaglieri in

* The chandeliers of the Palazzo Gallavresi in

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* The Kursaal Diana at the

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of San Pellegrino * The Palace of Luigi Cernuschi in Via Bergamo 18 in Monza 08_Monza_Cappella_espiatoria_dettaglio_della_cancellata

Abroad

* The 10 wrought iron gates of the

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(architect Adamo Boari) * Villa X in

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(the balconies). * Buildings constructed in

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, by Annibale Rigotti between 1907 and 1926. * The wrought iron gate of the Museo de Arte Italiano in Lima, about 1921

Gallery

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, cancello, Milan File:Fieracancello02.JPG, Cancello della

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References

Bibliography

* Pica, Vittorio, ''Alessandro Mazzucotelli'', Milan, Galleria Pesaro, s.d. * Bossaglia, Rossana, Hammacher, Arno M. , ''Mazzucotelli: l'artista italiano del ferro battuto liberty'', Ed. italiana, inglese e tedesca, Milano, Il Polifilo, 1971 - ISBN * Giuseppe Maria Jonghi Lavarini, Franco Magnani, ''Sette secoli di ferro: Manuale pratico per riconoscere gli stili e giudicare la qualità del ferro battuto Con un'appendice su Alessandro Mazzucotelli'',

o, Di Baio Editore, 1991 - ISBN * ''Ferro e liberty: Alessandro Mazzucotelli, architettura, fabbri di oggi'', a cura del Gruppo architettura storia dell'arte, Comune di Monza, Biblioteca civica, Milan, Magma, 979?* ''L'ISIA a Monza una scuola d'arte europea'', a cura di Rossana Bossaglia e Alberto Crespi, Cinisello Balsamo (Milano), Amilcare Pizzi, 1986. * Augusto Vecchi, "Il grande libro del ferro battuto", New Book, La Spezia, 2004 - ISBN

Sister projects

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mazzucotelli, Alessandro Recipients of the Order of Merit for Labour Deputies of Legislature XXIX of the Kingdom of Italy Deputies of Legislature XXVIII of the Kingdom of Italy 1865 births 1938 deaths