Giovanni de Martino (3/13 January 1870 – 3 March 1935) was an Italian sculptor.[1] He made sentimental bronzes, often of street boys, fishermen or women.[2]: 200 [3]: 405
Giovanni de Martino | |
|---|---|
| Born | 3 or 13 January 1870 Naples, Italy |
| Died | 3 March 1935 Naples, Italy |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Known for | sculptor |
| Notable work | Scodella vuota |
De Martino was born in Naples on 3[1] or 13 January 1870,[2]: 200 and studied at the Reale Istituto di Belle Arti there,[4]: 188 under Gioacchino Toma and Stanislao Lista.[5]: 325
He spent some time in Paris, where he made small groups of figures.[3]: 405 In 1900 he won a prize at the Salon de Paris for a bronze of a fisherman.[5]: 325 After his return to Naples his work tended towards social realism.[3]: 405
He died in Naples on 3 March 1935.[3]: 405
Art market edit
At a Sotheby's New York auction in 2008, Giovanni De Martino 's Fishermen (1930), a bronze sculpture, was sold for 7.500 US Dollars plus auction fees.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b Martino, Giovanni de. Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Oxford Art Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. Accessed January 2016. (subscription required)
- ^ a b Domenico Maggiore (1955). Arte e artisti dell'Ottocento napolitano e scuola di Posillipo: biografie di pittori, incisori, scultori e architetti (in Italian). Napoli: Maggiore.
- ^ a b c d Vincenzo Vicario (1994). Gli scultori italiani dal Neoclassicismo al Liberty (in Italian). Lodi: Pomerio. ISBN 9788871213750.
- ^ Costanza Lorenzetti (1953). L'Accademia di belle arti di Napoli (1752–1952) (in Italian). Firenze: Felice Le Monnier.
- ^ a b Mariantonietta Picone Petrusa (2000). Arte a Napoli dal 1920 al 1945: gli anni difficili (in Italian). Napoli: Electa Napoli. ISBN 9788843585298.
- ^ Sotheby's (21, October 2008) "Property from the estate of Richelle Sepenuk" Lot 130. Sotheby's. Retrieved June 7, 2022.