Giovanni Scanzi

GIOVANNI SCANZI (Genoa, 1840-1915) GIOVANNI SCANZI (Genoa, 1840-1915) Tutelary figure of Genoese sculpture, master of marble between academicism and tenderness of gaze, whose work rests in the cemetery he himself sculpted. Giovanni Scanzi was born in Genoa on 23...

Karel Schuermans

KAREL SCHUERMANS (Antwerp, 1869-1962) KAREL SCHUERMANS (Antwerp, 1869-1962) Self-taught Antwerp sculptor, from masonry to expressive bronzes, whose work and archives were partly carried away by the bombs of 1943. Karel Schuermans was born in Antwerp in 1869, the son...

Pierre Traverse

PIERRE TRAVERSE (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1892-1979, Ivry-sur-Seine) PIERRE TRAVERSE (Saint-André-de-Cubzac, 1892-1979, Ivry-sur-Seine) French Art Deco sculptor, celebrant of femininity and maternity in a language of pure volumes and supple lines. Pierre Traverse was...

Cesare Viviani

CESARE VIVIANI (Italy, Act. late 19th-early 20th century) CESARE VIVIANI (Italy, Act. late 19th-early 20th century) Naturalist sculptor from Pietrasanta, inscribed in the Tuscan tradition of marble workshops, author of scenes of childhood with bourgeois sensibility....

Philippe Wolfers

PHILIPPE WOLFERS (Brussels, 1858-1929) PHILIPPE WOLFERS (Brussels, 1858-1929) Brilliant jeweller and Symbolist sculptor, a central figure of Belgian Art Nouveau, heir to a dynasty of goldsmiths and creator of unique works at the frontier of art and luxury. Philippe...