Emilio Bisi (

Milan Milan ( , , ; ) is a city in northern Italy, regional capital of Lombardy, the largest city in Italy by urban area and the List of cities in Italy, second-most-populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of nea ...

, November 7, 1850 – Milan, February 19, 1920) was an Italian sculptor. Trieste Serb-orthodox church of San-Spiridione2

His father was Luigi Bisi, a painter and president of the

Brera Academy The Accademia di Belle Arti di Brera (), also known as the or Brera Academy, is a state-run tertiary public academy of fine arts in Milan, Italy. It shares its history, and its main building, with the Pinacoteca di Brera, Milan's main public mu ...

in Milan from 1880 till his death in 1886. Emilio donated a memorial statue of his father to the Academy. In 1883, Emilio's wife was a writer, Sofia Albini. He worked mostly on commissions for funeral monuments and churches. He completed the ''Santa Melania'' for the

Duomo of Milan Milan Cathedral ( ; ), or Metropolitan Cathedral-Basilica of the Nativity of Saint Mary (), is the cathedral church of Milan, Lombardy, Italy. Dedicated to the Nativity of St. Mary (), it is the seat of the Archbishop of Milan, currently Archbis ...

, two tombs for the brothers Maccia in the

Monumental Cemetery of Milan Monumental may refer to: * In the manner of a monument Places * Monumental Island, Nunavut, Canada * Monumental Island, New Zealand * Monumental (Barcelona Metro), a station in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain * La Monumental, the Plaza Monumental ...

, and a monument to Antonio Soneino Gussala, the friend of

Pietro Giordani Pietro Giordani (January 1, 1774 – September 2, 1848) was an Italian writer, classical literary scholar, a Freemason of the Grand Orient of Italy and a close friend of, and influence on, Giacomo Leopardi. Biography Born in Piacenza, Giordan ...

and donor of his manuscripts in the Mauricelliana Library. The latter monument with inscription by the poet

Giosuè Carducci Giosuè Alessandro Giuseppe Carducci (27 July 1835 – 16 February 1907) was an Italian poet, writer, literary critic and teacher. He was noticeably influential, and was regarded as the official national poet of modern Italy. In 1906, he became ...

. He also completed nine larger than life figures for the facade of the Serbian church of St Spyridon in

Trieste Trieste ( , ; ) is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is the capital and largest city of the Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, as well as of the Province of Trieste, ...

. He completed a monument to Covacevich for the Serbian cemetery of Trieste and Monument to Count Carlo Barbiani di Belgioioso, who had served as president of the Milan Academy before his father. ''Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti.''
by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, page 59.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bisi, Emilio Artists from Milan Brera Academy alumni 1850 births 1920 deaths Architectural sculptors 20th-century Italian sculptors 20th-century Italian male artists 19th-century Italian male artists 19th-century Italian sculptors Italian male sculptors