Libero Andreotti

Libero Andreotti (June 18, 1875 – April 4, 1933) was an Italian artist and educator, known as a sculptor, illustrator, and ceramics artist. He is often referred to as, "one of the foremost artists and sculptors of the early-twentieth century".[1]

Portrait of Libero Andreotti (1932) by Bruno Innocenti, plaster
Les Trois Parques (1909), by Libero Andreotti

About

Born June 18, 1875 in Pescia, Italy.[2] He worked as a blacksmith until the age of 17, when he moved to Lucca and met poet, Giovanni Pascoli and Alfredo Caselli, who introduced him to the arts.[3] By 1899, he moved to Florence in order to start work as an illustrator and painter,[3] he worked in a print shop and studied sculpture with Mario Galli in his studio.[2][3] He served in the Italian military during World War I.[2]

Andreotti taught sculpture classes at Istituto Statale d'arte di Firenze (Porta Romana Institute of Arts in Florence, or State Institute of Art of Florence of Porta Romana) and served as the Chair of Sculpture, from 1920 until his death in 1933.[4] He was replaced in his teaching role by his former student and artist assistant, Bruno Innocenti.[4]

He died April 4, 1933 in Florence, Italy.[2]

Personal life

In 1923, Andreotti married Margherita Carpi.[3]

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References
  1. "Libero Andreotti Gipsoteca". Visit Tuscany. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  2. Barsali, Isa Belli Barsali. "Andreotti, Libero in "Dizionario Biografico"". www.treccani.it (in Italian). Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 3 (1961). Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  3. "Andreotti Libero (1875-1934). Biografia. Sculture in vendita". Società di Belle Arti. Retrieved 2020-06-23.
  4. Peron, Patrizia. "Innocenti, Bruno in "Dizionario Biografico"" [Innocenti, Bruno in Biographical Dictionary of Italians - Volume 62 (2004)]. www.treccani.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2020-06-23.


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