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Born in 1901 in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy, Marino Marini trained as a painter in the great Renaissance art center of Florence at the Academia di Belle Arti. He drew small subjects from life, such as flowers, birds and insects, and he also sculpted.
Marini worked intensively, experimenting with different materials, from terracotta to wood and plaster combined with paint, which he also sometimes used with bronze in...
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Born in 1901 in Pistoia, in the Tuscany region of Italy, Marino Marini trained as a painter in the great Renaissance art center of Florence at the Academia di Belle Arti. He drew small subjects from life, such as flowers, birds and insects, and he also sculpted.
Marini worked intensively, experimenting with different materials, from terracotta to wood and plaster combined with paint, which he also sometimes used with bronze in order to accentuate forms and express movement. He is best known for his rendition of equestrian figures and themes.
In 1928, the artist travelled to Paris, where he made his début as a sculptor, and worked alongside Pablo Picasso and other leading modern artists. He held a solo exhibition of his work in Milan in 1932. Some other early career milestones of Marini’s career include his participation in the Venice Biennale, the Milan Triennale and the Quadriennale in Rome, where he received the first prize for sculpture in 1935. Strongly influenced by the suffering he witnessed in Italy during the war, Marini returned to his country in 1947, settling in Milan and teaching in nearby Monza.
In 1952 the artist received the prestigious first prize for sculpture at the Venice Biennale, and two years later, the grand prize of the ‘Accademia dei Lincei’ in Rome. By this time, his works were being exhibited regularly across Europe and the United States. Amongst his best-known works is the large bronze horse and rider commissioned for the Guggenheim Museum in Venice.
In 1968, Marini was made a member of the ‘Order Pour le Mérite’ for his services to science and art, and in 1973, a Marini Museum was inaugurated in Florence.
Marino Marini died in 1980.
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Born
February 27, 1901
Pistoia
Died
August 6, 1980
Viareggio
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