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Earthenware Fishes sculpture Mod. 1511 Angelo Biancini SCI Laveno 1938 Excellent condiction literature: Angelo Biancini tra Faenza e Laveno: ceramiche 1937-1940.   

Wall sculpture in moulded terracotta glazed in polychrome. Engraved mark on the back: A. Biancini - Faenza. Late 1960s Perfect condition Angelo Biancini (Castel Bolognese, 24 April 1911 - Castel Bolognese, 3 January 1988) was an Italian sculptor, ceramist and teacher. In 1929 Angelo Biancini enrolled at the Art Institute in Florence and was taught by Libero Andreotti, who always recommended that his pupils should always confront nature and not lose themselves in useless formal virtuosity. Biancini found a studio in a former convent and there he devoted himself first to majolica, then to clay modelling and sculpture. In 1934, his She-wolf won the sculpture section of the Littoriali dell'arte held in Rome and he painted a portrait of a woman - now in the Pinacoteca Comunale in Faenza - that can be identified with the same person portrayed the following year in the bronze Woman from Romagna. The young woman was his wife Dina, whose idealised features can also be seen in Preghiera e nella Fede (Prayer and Faith) of 1937, and in Vittoria Alata (Winged Victory) of the Lavezzola war memorial of 1936. In 1934 Angelo Biancini obtained his licence as Master of Art in the Decorative Sculpture section at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence and exhibited his lost wax bronze La Luzcha at the Venice Art Biennial. He took part in the VI Triennale in Milan with objects made to his own design. In 1935 he made the statue Atleta vittorioso (Victorious Athlete) for the Foro Mussolini (now the Stadio dei Marmi) in Rome, where he exhibited at the II Quadriennale d'Arte Nazionale in 1935. In 1937 he created two sculptural groups for the Ponte della Vittoria in Verona. Gaetano Ballardini helped him move to Laveno where, from 1937 to 1940, Biancini collaborated with Guido Andlovitz, the company's artistic director, training ceramists and executing ceramic sculptures to relaunch the name of the Società Ceramica Italiana, which in 1940 won the Gran Premio per le Ceramiche Artistiche, at the Milan Triennale.[1] Biancini's work was also exhibited at the Milan Triennale. In 1942 Biancini taught at the Art Institute for Ceramics in Faenza and after the war he took over from Domenico Rambelli, in the chair of Plastics, which he held until his retirement age. Alongside his teaching activities, Biancini continued his artistic work. In 1943, at a personal exhibition organised as part of the Quadriennale Romana, he was awarded the 'National' prize. In 1946 he received the 'Faenza' Prize with Annunciazione, a large ceramic panel, glazed by Anselmo Bucci. He received the same award in 1957, with the bas-relief Jesus among the doctors. After the war Biancini was present at the great exhibition of Italian Sculpture, organised by the Galleria 'La Spiga' in Milan in 1946; in 1948 the Galleria 'Cairola' organised a personal exhibition for him, at the Galleria dell'Illustrazione Italiana in Milan, with 36 works including plaster casts, ceramics and bronzes. He received praise from the art critic Leonardo Borgese. This was followed by a personal exhibition in 1956 at the Galleria San Fedele, where Biancini presented fifty sculptures. At the Palazzo delle Esposizioni in Milan Biancini won the Bagutta for sculpture in 1961; in the same year he was awarded the prize for the bronze St. John in the Desert, at the International Exhibition of Sacred Art in Trieste, a prize he won again in 1963 with The Sacred Shepherd. He made his mark in Padua, at the International Bronze Exhibition in 1963. His monumental works include reliefs for the new Basilica of Nazareth in 1959, the canopy for the Temple of the Canadian Martyrs in Rome in 1961 and sculptures for the Ospedale Maggiore in Milan in 1964. The loggia on the occasion of the centenary of Angelo Biancini's birth He also made sculptures for the Autostrada del Sole church at the Florence junction, for the Hospitium in Camaldoli and for the FAO in Rome. His sculptures in memoriam include the monument to the Resistance in Alfonsine in 1972, the one dedicated to Alfredo Oriani in Casola Valsenio in 1963, the monument to Grazia Deledda in Cervia in 1956, the one to Angelo Celli in Cagli in 1958, the one to Don Minzoni in Argenta in 1973, and finally the sarcophagus of the Venerable Benedetta Bianchi Porro, in Dovadola, in the Forlì Apennines. In Monopoli, in 1978, commissioned by Bishop Antonio D'Erchia † (29 June 1969 - 30 September 1986 appointed bishop of Conversano-Monopoli), he carried out the decoration of the S.S.Medici altar in the Renaissance church of S.Domenico, to complete the restructuring of the chapel, designed by Arch. Domenico Capitanio. In Rome, at Palazzo Braschi, a complete overview of his bronzes was organised in 1973 and in the same period a personal room was dedicated to him, in the Collection of Modern Religious Art of the Vatican Museums. In 1980, the Municipality of Faenza awarded him the gold medal, honorary citizenship and organised a large anthological exhibition, where one hundred and fifty of his sculptures were displayed. On the same occasion he donated three of his sculptures to the city of Faenza: a Saint Thomas Aquinas...

Rare Angelo Biancini Art Deco ceramic vase for Società Ceramica Italiana di Laveno, Italy, 1938 ca.

Rare green great vase Angelo Biancini 1930 futuristic made in Italy Laveno.

Laveno Angelo Biancini pair of vases 1930 Maiolica earthenware, Italy.