Giovanni Antonio Stuardi
Giovanni Antonio Stuardi (Poirino, Piedmont, 1862 -1938) was an Italian sculptor.
Biography
Born in Piemont, and active and resident in Turin. He was a pupil of Odoardo Tabacchi at the Accademia Albertina, and later of a sculptor Belli.
He completed many of the funereal monuments in the cemeteries of Turin and other Piedmont towns, including bas-reliefs and portraits, among them, the stucco bust of Lupercus, exhibited at Turin, in 1884; and the statue: Savoia, exhibited in Livorno, in 1886, and in Venice, in 1887, where he exhibited: Flower of the countryside.[1]
In 1889, he displayed a statue of Charity at the Promotrice of Turin, which was acquired by the King. He also completed the Madonna delle Vette atop Monte Rocciamelone, which was cast in bronze. He also complete the Monument to Don Bosco a Castelnuovo Don Bosco.[2]
References
- Pittura e scultura in Piemonte 1842-1891: Catalogo cronografico illustrato della Esposizione Retrospettiva 1892., A. Stella, Stamperia Reale della ditta G.B. Paravia e Compagnia. Turin, 1893, page 499.
- Biography of Stuardi