Bruno Catarzi (January 5, 1903 in

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– January 21, 1996 in

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) was an Italian sculptor and engraver.

Biography

He began his studies at the

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under

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. He was a prolific designer of medals. In the 1930s, he taught at the Scuola d’Arte of

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(among his pupils were Agenore Fabbri and Jorio Vivarelli), from 1963 to 1973, he taught at the Istituto d’Arte of

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.From Italian Wikipedia

References

* Francesco Sapori, Medaglie e Medaglisti, Home Faber, Anno XIII, N. 123–124, Rome, 1962 *Francesco Giannone, La medaglia italiana alla Zecca di Parigi, Home Faber, Anno XVI, N. 161, Rome, 1966 *Giuliana Signorini, Firenze e il paiolo nella storia dell’arte, Giorgi & Cambi, Firenze, 1992 *Gigi Salvagnini, Cimitero delle Porte Sante, Opus Libri, Firenze, 2001 *Ilaria Taddei, A decorare architetture, Giunti Editore, Firenze, 2003 *Marco Moretti, Bruno Catarzi Scultore 1903–1996, Masso delle Fate Edizioni,

, 2005, *Giampiero Fossi, Oltre il novecento – Arte contemporanea nelle Signe, Masso delle Fate Edizioni, Signa, 2003,

References

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