Francesco Messina (15 December 1900 – 13 September 1995) was an Italian

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of the 20th century.

Biography and career

Francesco Messina was born at

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in the Province of

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in a very poor family. Growing up in

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, where he also studied and lived until he was 32, he then moved to

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consider him one of the most important figurative sculptors of Novecento, together with

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, Arturo Martini, Marino Marini. He is the author of some of the greatest works of the ''

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'' and his sculptures are displayed in the most famous museums, among which:

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and

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. From 1922, he began exhibiting his work regularly at the ''Biennale Internazionale d'Arte'' in Venice and between 1926 and 1929 he took part in the expos organised by the art group ''Novecento Italiano'' in Milan. In 1932, he moved to Milan, where in 1934 he obtained a tenured

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1934 in Sculpture at the

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, of which he became the director within two years. During those years, about him wrote Carlo Carrà: In the 1930s, Messina exhibited at important collective

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s of

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in Barcelona, Berlin, Bern, Gothenburg, Munich, Oslo, Paris, São Paulo, Zurich, while executing various sculptures in many Italian cities. In 1936 he was appointed director of the Accademia di Brera, which position he will keep until 1944. His work was also part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the

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. In 1938,

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in Rome and Salvatore Quasimodo in

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presented two personal exhibitions of Messina's work. In 1942 he won the Sculpture Prize at the XXIII Biennale Internazionale d’arte of Venice, where he exhibited fifteen sculptures and seventeen drawings. In 1943, Messina was appointed Academic Emeritus of Italy. On the collapse of the

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, he was temporarily dismissed from the academy, only because he had been its director during the

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period. However, by 1947 he had already regained his professorship. In the same period the artist took part in the Graphic & Sculpture Expo at Buenos Aires, in the Muller Gallery, achieve a noticeable success. In 1949 he exhibited at the ''

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'' held by the

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, together with Marino Marini and

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. In 1956 he participated with a personal exhibition at the XXVIII Biennale di Venezia. In 1963 he produced the great monument to

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for

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in the

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, as well as the bust of

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for the

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. In the same year he was awarded the Michelangelo Prize for Sculpture in

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. In 1966 Messina was commissioned by Italian RAI to create the ''Cavallo morente (Dying Horse)'', which became the Italian national TV logo, placed at the entrance of the RAI Building in Rome. In 1968, he sculpted the monument to

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for the

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. In the 1970s the Vatican assigned him the Sala

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of the Vatican Gallery Paulus VI, dedicated to modern

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, as his permanent exhibition of twenty sculptures with a sacred theme. In 1974 the City of Milan opened the ''Civico Museo-Studio Francesco Messina'' in the ancient former church of "San Sisto al Carrobbio". This will remain the artist's permanent and official studio until his death, also hosting c. eighty sculptures ( gessos, polychrome terracottas, bronzes,

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) and thirty

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works ( lithographies,

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, acquarellos, pencil drawings) donated to the City of

. In 1978 Messina attended two important exhibitions in the

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at the

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of Moscow and at the Hermitage of Saint Petersburg, both of which will open dedicated sections of his sculptures, with ca. 80 pieces on display. In 1981, in the former church of Saint Francis in

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, an exhibition was held of his unpublished drawings, and in the same period a sculpture display at the Palazzo Flangini-Biglia of

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. Between 1984 and 1986, his sculptures were exhibited at the Theseus Tempel of Vienna, at the Hirshhorn Museum of Washington and the Gallery Universe of Tokyo. Until his death in Milan in 1995, Messina continued his work of sculptor and painter and, assisted by his daughter Paola, amended and proofread the numerous biographies dedicated to him all over the world.

Works

*''Pugilatore'', Turin, Galleria civica d'arte moderna e contemporanea (1929) *''Nuotatore sulla spiaggia'', Rome, Galleria nazionale d'arte moderna (1930) * ''Monumento a

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'', Chiavari (1935) * ''Monumento equestre Regisole (or Raggiasole)'', Pavia (1937), in memory of the

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monument of

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Antonino Pio destroyed in 1796 * Monumento ''

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armata'', Pavia,

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(1938) * Statue of ''Costanzo Ciano'',

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, Technical Naval Museum (1940) * ''I quattro cavalli di bronzo (The Four Bronze Horses)'',

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(Le Rughe) 1941–1970, Giovanni Leone Collection * Statues of the

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, of the Church of Sant'Eugenio in Rome, and of the Christian Citadel of

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(1950–1960) * ''Bust of

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'', Teatro alla Scala in Milan (1958) * ''Beatrice'',

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(1959) * ''Marble Monument to

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'', in

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Rome (1961–1962) * ''Monument to Pius XII'', St. Peter's Basilica,

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(1963) * ''Bust of Pietro Mascagni'', Teatro alla Scala Milan (1963) * ''Cavallo Morente (Dying Horse)'', RAI Building Rome (1966) * ''Monument to Pius XI'', Milan Cathedral (1968) * Monumental ''

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'' with ''Madonna con Bambino'' in

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and ''Statue of

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'' 6m high,

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(1968–1980) * ''Portrait of

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, Prince of

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(1974) * ''Stallone ferito (Wounded horse)'', Catania, Vittorio Emanuele III Square * ''Sirenetta'', Catania, Europa Square A selection of Messina's work (ca. 100) is permanently exhibited within the former Church of Saint SixtusSee als
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images in Milan. ^{(see photo at right)}

Awards

* Prize for Sculpture in 1942 at the ''Biennale Internazionale d'Arte'' of Venice *

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of the City of Milan from 1975. In 1979 the State Pinakothek of Munich organised a comprehensive Messina exhibition of his sculptures and graphic art. * ''

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of the Fine Arts Academy of the Soviet Union from 1988 and ''Honorary Academic'' from 1990

Bibliography

*''The Medals by Francesco Messina'', with essays by

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, Salvatore Quasimodo - Scheiwiller, 1986. *''Francesco Messina: 100 anni, sculture e disegni 1924-1993'', by Toubert, Camilleri, Zichichi, Loi - Il Cigno

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. *''Francesco Messina: Cento sculture, 1920-1994'', by Marco Di Capua - Mazzotta. *''Francesco Messina: Mostra celebrativa per i 90 anni: U.Allemandi''. *''Francesco Messina: sculture, disegni e poesie 1916-1993'', by Franco Ragazzi, Maria Teresa Orengo - Mazzotta. *''Francesco Messina, ritratti'', by Antonio Paolucci, Alberto Fiz, Eliana Princi - Skira. *''Cavalli e tori di Francesco Messina'', Edizioni Artes 1998. *''Francesco Messina, Le opere e i libri'', Electa 1999 *''Lettere e poesie a Bianca e Francesco Messina'', by Eugenio Montale - Scheiwiller, 2007. * Elena Lissoni
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online catalogu
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, 2010, CC BY-SA.

Notes

External links

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References
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Biography and career

Works

Awards

Bibliography

See also

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